Obesity in the 50’s was more like 10-15%, today it’s closer to 35%, but 40 is close enough.
Interestingly, the spike started in the mid-1980’s, timed too closely to the low-fat craze to not make me suspicious, especially since that adds up metabolically.
tal@lemmy.today 1 day ago
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00404-9
The 1950s can still happen!
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Weight loss drugs don’t immunise you against food though.
And usually the people who are on drugs for weight loss a rent exactly close to the figure represented.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The new ones like ozempic literally kill your cravings and desire for snacking, so in a way they do.
You’d be surprised at the figures of some of the people I see at the doctor’s for weight loss drugs.
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In a way, they attempt to moderate the hormones that usually are the cause behind snacking. But it won’t eliminate habit.
I don’t think I would, but if some anorexic person gets weight loss drugs instead of a referral to a psychiatrist, somethings gone wrong.