What's missing from this article is the concept of portions. Just because food is cheap and calorie dense doesn't mean that someone has to eat massive amounts of it at once. There is no time penalty for eating less, like there is for exercising. So, pretending that people in modern society face an either/or choice is misleading. It's not either they take the time to exercise and be poor, or get fat and have more time for work and be more affluent. This is a false dichotomy.. If people would simply cut the portions of most restaurant food in half, then they could lose weight and their productivity wouldn't be affected. In fact, it would be enhanced because you could spend less actual time eating. Blaming modern culture is just an excuse.
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