| ▲ | rootusrootus 6 hours ago | |
> it's hard to imagine that everyone 50 years ago was just much better about dieting and counting calories? Do we just have a lot more food available now? Not just bad food, but calories of all kinds? Combined with steadily automating nearly all of the hard work, I'm not surprised people get fatter these days than 50 years ago. I bet the average person today is actually much more aware of what healthy eating looks like, it's just that there aren't that many really physical jobs anymore and food is extremely cheap and plentiful for most. | ||
| ▲ | buellerbueller 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Snacking (defined as between-meal eating) has had a massive uptrend (in the USA) since the 1970s: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10097271/#:~:text=S... | ||