Why People are Fat
Sunday, May 20th, 2012People are getting fatter, at least in the industrial world. In fact, it’s become the single largest health problem facing most first world nations. With increased obesity comes more heart disease, diabetes and other health conditions. It’s often been stated that the United States is the fattest nation in the world. That’s not actually true. The US is near the top, but several are in fact, fatter. A number of small nations and the nation of Kuwait have higher rates of obesity and heavier populations than the US. Canada and Mexico are both on par with the US, as is Egypt, while the United Kingdom is rapidly catching up.
In fact, the problem is nearly universal in most first world countries. Across Western Europe, waste lines are growing. Germany, Ireland, Finland, Greece, Spain and others have seen obesity skyrocket in recent years. In both Australia and New Zealand, obesity rates are now described as “epidemic” and continue to rise. The nations with the fastest growing obesity rates, however, are those which are still developing industrially. Although the overall prevalence of obesity in Chile, Brazil and India are low, they are growing at the highest rates. In China, obesity was once extremely rare, but in the past decade has become common. Even Japan and South Korea are seeing rising obesity, despite having had a reputation for generally lean populations.
The common yet false claims:
If you ever happen to watch a youtube video or visit a website claiming dangers associated with food irradiation, genetic modification or the use of vaccines, modern medicine etc etc, you will very often hear claims that it is the reason why the population is obese. Pictures of unhealthy, overweight kids are often shown alongside warnings of the evils of modern agriculture.
Others will say that we need to “detoxify” to become thinner. That seems to be an odd suggestion, since fat is not toxic but the result of your body absorbing and storing nutrients, which is what it’s supposed to do. Others insist that the answer is eating only organically-certified foods.
NOT reasons why people are fat:
- Vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Chemtrails
- Genetically modified foods
- High fructose corn syrup being used as a sweetener (as opposed to cane or beat sugar)
- Food irradiation
- Bisphenol A
- “Toxins”
- Insecticide residue
- Fluoridation of water
- A need to “detoxify” the body
Reasons why people are fat:
- Eating large amounts of high calorie food
- Sedentary lifestyles


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