Americans are obsessed with weight. We weigh too much, we’re told. Obesity will kill many of us. The truth is far more complicated. Part of that truth: a person’s weight is controlled by hundreds of different factors. And those are ones we know about.
Everything is connected. Change one thing and you end up changing all. Give the human body the right information, and it remakes itself right. But some mistakes we like to make again and again. Let’s look at one national obsession: weight.
A recent study argues that Americans are far more obese than present standards imply. The authors argue that our obesity epidemic is far worse than the disaster we already think it is. Are they right? And what does it all mean?
The data from this year’s American Sociological Association Meeting are troubling, though not surprising. A study of over 10,000 men and women revealed weight gain was common among both men and women in the 2 years after marriage.
There is emerging research to suggest the brain can become hardwired to crave a hit of extra crispy chicken just as it might any other addictive substance. Fast food companies share at least some of the blame for global corpulence.
Older women suffer up to two and a half times more disabilities than men.
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