The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of willpower, are not only wrong, but actively harmful fallacies. Obesity isn’t new, but the obesity epidemic is. We went from a few corpulent kings and...
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The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food, but...
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We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but...
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