Couldn’t be everything is now filled with sugar, right?
Cheap food is typically unhealthy and full of sugar.
For a non meme answer. my bet would be on endocrine disruption of the thyroid, by pollutants.
Along with a change in feeding habits in former third world population (sudden access to an abundance of sugar when you’re not genetically ready for it).
And maybe compound it with unhealthy lifestyles (increasing sedentary lifestyles).Ultra-processed foods.
Try removing sugar from your diet, like sucrose sugar. It is frighteningly hard unless you’re cooking everything you eat yourself.
I’ve had times where I start liking something a lot which I normally wouldn’t suspect of having lots of sugar to realise “wait a minute, I like this because they’ve added lots of sugar don’t I!?” … and I check and yea there’s way too much.
It’s a problem.
The unfortunate normalisation of sugary and industrial foods spreading rapidly across the world is causing this. Crap food is relativelly cheaper, widely avaliable and easier to consume, doesn’t require much preparation so people tend to make these food choices, which causes, among other things, problems like diabetes in first world countries and now in developing countries especially in Asia and South America where this modern lifestyle is being implemented at a very fast rate. Add to this the increasingly sedentary lifestyle that people have, especially in cities, and you will see obesity and diabetes.
Cities are actually less sedentary. Cities have walkable destinations and public transit (which requires walking to). Living in the suburbs or rural areas, you rely on a car for every trip.
I’ve lived in big cities, suburbs, and a rural area. You see so many more people walking and biking in the cities.
People are too lazy to cook for themselves.
Cooking healthy food is more expensive than eating fas foods.
It really isn’t unless you maybe live exclusively on the $1, $2, $3 menu from mcdonalds.
Veggies, at least in most of the US, are pretty cheap as is lean protein. But it doesn’t taste as good as Chex Mix and a McDouble and they have to take the time and effort to cool/prepare it, so people use that excuse.
People be fat
Dietary fiber. No seriously. 95% of Americans don’t get enough, which leads to an unhealthy guy, which leads to inflammation and gut-brain axis disturbance.
Processed food is processed to remove fiber. Americans that eat a higher percentage of fast/processed food (ie. The poorer ones) get less fiber and more sugar, which is a bad combo for gut health.
Ever seen what other apes eat? Leaves, flowers, seeds, shoots, roots, insects, fruit and occasionally meat. In other words, they eat fiber and lots of it.
People are fat. Thats why.
All of the food contains added sugar. All of the food that’s easiest to get (y’know, since nobody has time from being worked to death) is cheapest. The problem is much much deeper than ‘lol fat’.
I don’t think I agree with this “nobody has time” thing. Most people don’t get that excuse, you can usually make time, most people just choose not to. Do you make time to shower and brush your teeth?
I understand that there are food deserts and some people legitimately work multiple jobs and have kids and that fast food or microwavable dinners and generally unhealthy foods are quick and convenient and affordable but cooking your food doesn’t take that much time and not drinking soda frequently takes no time.
Also it’s not like veggies and lean meats like chicken are expensive for most people in the US. You can genuinely fill up your basket with lots of leafy greens, veggies, mushrooms and some animal protein for significantly cheaper than with junk food and microwavable dinners, hot pockets, deli meats and cheeses and bread. Unless you live in Alaska maybe.
Not being dismissive of peoples’ struggles, a ton of us are being overworked for less money than we’re worth, but if you need to you’ll make time, you figure it out. Yeah there’s sugar in everything processed, cool, you have affordable options that admittedly take a bit of effort to prepare and don’t taste as good, but we can eat those and we can eat less. Overeating, constant junk snacking and portion size is also a huge issue in our culture.
Cocacola and Nestle Co.
Is it spreading, or is this like “why do so many women suddenly get autism” misconception?
Is this due to factors beyond the control of people? ie. genes?
Gene predispositions likely haven’t increased, though perhaps the proportion of people having children with gene predisopositions have.
Ultimately, it’s due to people with lifestyles that our bodies are not designed for and not moving/exercising enough, with a small amount due to family history/genetic reasons.
There have also been signs that Covid has caused / can cause organ damage throughout the body, including the pancreas and that there was a noticeable trend of folks getting diabetes after Covid. While I’m sure lifestyle and diet will do a lot of heavy lifting in taking the blame in these discussions, endocrine disrupters, environmental pollutants, and Covid are likely not insignificant contributors to the increase in diabetes.
