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Michael Easter on the Comfort Crisis

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Is There a Side Effect of Too Much Comfort in Your Life?

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We've essentially engineered activity out of our lives. One of the biggest drivers of our high rates of chronic disease right now is a lack of cardiovascular fitness because we no longer have to get out and move. If you're always eating the most comfortable, calorie-rich food, that's going to have some side effects. At the same time, if you are too comfortable, so take something like activity, right?

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