If you ever find yourself digging through the fridge looking for food when you’re not really hungry, it could be more than a lack of willpower that’s to blame. Scientists believe the phenomenon could be the result of a hormone deficiency in the brain. [1]
It’s no secret that losing weight is extremely difficult for a lot of people, but new research published July 18 in the American Journal of Public Health breaks down just how hard it is, and why.
Here’s a disturbing reality: the average woman in America now weighs as much as the average American male weighed in 1960. What’s more, the average weight of a male is ballooning as well. But don’t worry, mega food corporations like Monsanto and soda lobbying groups say we’re doing just fine.
There’s no way there could be a connection between the degradation of the food supply and America’s massive increase in obesity rates, right?
While some economists point to big-box stores like Walmart for America’s obesity epidemic, a 2014 report indicates that obesity rates are most likely to increase when fast food chains are close by. In other words, the closer you are to a fast food chain, the more likely you are to gain weight.
While we can’t blame any one company for our burgeoning waistlines, a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that Big Box stores like Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club, as well as the prevalence of restaurants, may be a huge contributing factor to American’s weight gain.
Obesity used to just be a problem of the West, but our insidious Coca-cola culture has spread worldwide along with our junk food habit, so obesity is practically taking over the globe. One of the culprits? Genetically modified ingredients.
