Originally Posted by
Wildwood
I lost the weight then 3 years later pulled the bike out of storage. To lose weight you need to change your diet or exercise 10 hours a day.
You will notice the obesity epidemic began about 3 years after George McGoverns passage of the Food pyramid legislation, that was about economic policy. 20% of kids are now considered obese.
The food pyramid wasn't great, but it can hardly be blamed for the obesity epidemic - and there really isn't a date you can point to for when things went belly up (HA!)
Fast food, cheaper food, high-calorie food, cars, sedentary jobs, and television are bigger factors.
The fat people got a lot fatter, and everybody else got a little fatter.
https://voxeu.org/article/100-years-us-obesity