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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Science fun: The Way We Eat Now

Harvard Magazine: "Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace ... As the world's wealthiest nation, the United States is also building the biggest bodies. It's hardly cause for patriotic pride ... Two-thirds of American adults are overweight, and half of these are obese ... Americans eat 200 calories more food energy per day than they did 10 years ago; that alone would add 20 pounds annually to one's bulk ... Never in human experience has food been available in the staggering profusion seen in North America today. We are awash in edibles shipped in from around the planet; seasonality has largely disappeared. Food obtrudes itself constantly, seductively, into our lives—on sidewalks, in airplanes, at gas stations and movie theaters."

This is a fantastic article, and a warning for us all.

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