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The Food Environment and the Obesity Rate
In the 1950s, if you wanted a really tasty, super convenient meal, you just didn't have a lot of option. Now let's say at any income level in the United States, reasonably, even those at the party, you can just have a turkey dinner every single day if you want. That food environment means that people who are going to be genetically predisposed, it's a dragnet that catches almost all. Almost everyone alive today has a real gnarly capacity when presented with lots of tasty food conveniently to eat a lot of it and get fat.