Folks, all of you are right on this. It is food supply AND sedentary lifestyle. Bad food as been around a long time. But as stated, people were more active.
I have not gone back to the beginning of this thread, so I don’t remember everything. I just want to mention, if I haven’t already, that people need to be aware of HFCS. This was added in our foods in the late ’70’s, I believe, to replace sugar which was more expensive.
I honestly believe that the HFCS is the poison that changed our foods. It is in just about everything. If you are all looking for what changed things, add HFCS to the list. People have a hard time digesting it. Add it to all foods, then live a sedentary, overworked lifestyle. Voila’. You have overweight people w/diabetes.
The advent of HFCS is what changed the course of our diet.
