The 12 Causes of Our Attention Crisis

In 1970, there were almost no obese people in the U.S., but now it's impossible to walk around most parts of Dallas or Las Vegas. The reason is that our food supply system has changed from fresh nutritious food to ultra-processed and full of sugars. We then all blamed ourselves for being overweight; what really happened was a social epidemic with big social causes. "We need to actually take on these forces that are stealing our focus," he says.

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