LogFAQs > #877050804

Actually as a total non-expert I would guess it's a combination of all of the following things:

- availability of cheap grains and carb heavy diets. Everything comes with bread.
- cultural attitudes towards food types and food portion sizes. Everything is fried and served on superlarge plates because that's the expectation of value.
- shifting cultural attitudes towards healthy living and body size. People are not as shamed as much for being overweight
- convenience of modern world technology that increasingly takes away the burden of doing any physical work in any capacity for most people. You can be a fully functioning adult sitting from a chair all the time
- Increased alcohol consumption across the board
- less social pressure to participate in physical activity and sports, more social pressure and ability to participate in sedentary activities
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