Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for November 17, 2014
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Mom: "Obesity crises in America" "To blame: fast-food companies... department of agriculture... FDA... food giants... sedentary lifestyle... saturday morning cartoons... global warming... stretchy waistbands... with everyone pointing a finger at everyone else, a new mood grips the land..." Mother's off the hook! Cathy: Wow. "Gene pool" didn't even make the top ten.
Looking at historic BMI data, the average weight increased only slightly from 1960-1980 and then started increasing far more rapidly for the last two decades. Either there have been truly significant changes in eating habits and exercise or something in the environment is affecting us.