Obesity has been a health crisis for decades, but the problem just keeps on growing. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of obese individuals worldwide has nearly tripled since 1975. Today, obesity is even prevalent among children. It’s estimated now that “most of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight,” notes the WHO.
How did so many get so fat, so fast?
Some factors are obvious: The combination of easy access to junk food and the now-common sedentary lifestyle is a reliable recipe for weight gain.
But new factors continue to compound the problem. Take, for example, the mandates meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. Lockdown requirements, promoted to protect our health, also helped make many people even fatter, thanks to an increase in stress eating and even less physical activity than before the pandemic….