The Macroeconomic impact of defining obesity as illness

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@MarkR

Wouldn’t it at least be effective for the 2-3 year olds just starting to eat those HFCS-laden cookies, crackers, etc? And wouldn’t it at least be effective for all the new kids being born each year?

There is some evidence for a recent flattening and even decline in obesity in young children. Childhood Obesity Report Delivers Mixed Results | AAFP

@iampops5

Actually the charts show a sharp upswing in overweight and obesity starting in 1980. That happens to be precisely when the sugar industry persuaded Congress to blame fat and not sugar for the prevalence of overweight and obese people.

Per capita sugar consumption was much higher in the 1960s and 1970s than the 1980s or today. https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/sugar-consumption-per-capita/usa/#:~:text=Sugar%20consumption%20per%20capita%20reached,of%2026.6%20kg%20in%201985.