Causes of weight gain include:
1. Diet and exercise
2. Chronic stress
3. Genetics
4. Hormones
5. Age
6. Medical conditions,
7. Medications
8. Income
9. Education
Up until now, we've always been focused on the first one. What about the rest?
1. Diet and exercise
2. Chronic stress
3. Genetics
4. Hormones
5. Age
6. Medical conditions,
7. Medications
8. Income
9. Education
Up until now, we've always been focused on the first one. What about the rest?
Everyone focuses on diet and exercise. They use it to point fingers, blame the individual, and perpetuate the myth that weight gain is due to laziness. Ever wondered why? Who stands to benefit the most from these stereotypes?
Back in the mid 20th century, a growing amount of evidence showed that tobacco use was harmful to health. But drs still smoked in front of patients. Some encouraged their patients to smoke. Why? Because the tobacco industry did everything they could to control the narrative.
In the same way, poor diet and malnutrition (which leads to weight gain) is endangering people's lives. But we continue to blame and shame the individual instead of asking who is profiting the most in this situation. And that only serves to make the rich even richer.
It's significantly cheaper to buy food with very little nutritional value, than it is to buy vegetables. And as long as the companies that mass produce these foods can keep us pointing fingers at the individual, the longer they can turn a profit. End of story.
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