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krona on Jan 4, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: ‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned res...

Obesity rates started rising in the 1980's in the US, not the turn of the 20th century. This corresponds with poor diet, not abundant nutrition.

rootusrootus on Jan 4, 2023 [–]

They were going up before the 1970s, there was a momentary blip in the mid/late 70s before they started going up steadily again.

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