Comment by Bender
5 hours ago
That's an interesting idea however McDonalds has been around since 1940 even if it has not been available to you for very long. I think it must be something else.
5 hours ago
That's an interesting idea however McDonalds has been around since 1940 even if it has not been available to you for very long. I think it must be something else.
While the comment is phrased like it could say that, I don't think that you are responding to the right point.
The point was that people eat fewer freshly prepared meals than before. And while I'm on the go, so I won't research a study, I'm pretty sure this is true.
Additional points:
- street food in Western countries is never really nourishing, almost exclusively fat, sugar, meat protein and processed white bread
- quality of fast food has gone down the drain on top of that, at least here
- not enough daily physical activity
- lots of stressful jobs without physical activity
I do get it. People have not been eating fresh foods since at least the 1970's. Fast food has been prevalent and popular since the 70's.
Something else changed in the last few years. One of these things is not like the other.
Might be true, but I don't think malnutrition, sedentary lifestyle etc have peaked in the 70s.
If these factors are perfectly controlled for, maybe you're right. It would be stupid for me to further engage in discussion about it though, without having read science about this.
There are other things we know about though, for example an increase in microplastics intake.
Plus do not forget, the article said the "damage" happens in the first 10 years of a child's life. So people born in the 70s are also seeing an increase in colon cancer.
BTW, for my main comment, I am probably in the top 15% of age distribution of people commenting here.