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Pop writing on obesity/diet is chronically confused about proximate vs. ultimate causes. Way too quick to settle on the ultimate (soda! corn syrup! pollution! food deserts!) while at best being hand-wavey about calorie consumption and physical exertion trendspic.twitter.com/PRCHYt3Yiu
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According to your chart it looks like added fats and oils and flour/cereal seems to account for the increase in calorie consumption?
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True, but this just *describes* the increase. Flour and oils have been western diet staples for millennia
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Fruit & veggies flat, sugar up to the right, obesity problem is real and has a very easy solution, engaged parents can solve this problem
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