Why are we all getting fat?

As increasing numbers of us become obese, food manufacturers want us to think it's our fault – while aggressively marketing more junk to satiate our new eating habits.

Politicians try to avoid a delicate and unpopular issue while the diet industry gets rich on the misery it creates. In this animation based on Sarah Boseley's book The Shape We're In, we ask: where do we go from here?

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[shailys.k.y]

This is America's way of trying to stop overpopulation

[ironclad]

Because you consume more calories than you spend.

[janademel]

No one will ban junk food because half of the world will say no

[AmazingStoryDewd]

This is why I grow a lot of my own fruits, vegetables, grains and spices in my backyard. This way I know the quality of my food because I'm the one who produced. I don't grow ALL of my food. I still pick up chicken, seafood, some oils, as well as some foreign spices if I'm in the mood. Overall the amount of money I spend my food a year is very little in comparison to most. My food garden is pretty self sufficient. I only work at most 6 hours a week in my garden, with the exception of harvesting time. During harvest I certainly work a bit more, but it's not as time consuming as people think it is. I tend to keep to a Mediterranean diet.

[hihungryimdad]

By the time I was 10 years old I had hit 140 pounds which doesnt sound like a lot but it is on a 4'11 girl. In fact it was almost obese at a BMI of 28.3 and obesity is a bmi higher then 30. It wasn't irregular for me to eat a whole bag of family sized chips in one sitting or have 3 bowls of cereal instead of one. I am now older and having lost 20+ pounds and at a healthier weight and with a bmi of 19, but I can't agree more with the statement that diets are hard.

[TheTamriel]

You won't find your elites at McDonald's & Co...

[benmoyer]

As someone who was fed very healthy from a young age, I have never understood the appeal of processed food. It always causes me stomach pains and makes me feel just awful

[AveMaria]

I don't agree with taxing junk food more than other food. However, I don't see anything at all wrong with subsidizing healthy food. Here in the United States there are a lot of people on food stamps who can't afford healthy food like fresh fruits and vegetables and so they buy a lot of junk food instead.

[AmazingStoryDewd]

Everyone wants a life of comfort. Unfortunately comfort tends to be bad for your health. Not to mention bad for the environment, as it provides the resources that make this comfort possible.

[absinthe]

Im so scared that everyone in the future will be fat... its one of my top fears!!

[Yankeezcap]

Stop calling fat the f-word, and stop calling obese the o-word, ... these are medical terms.

Neither of them are anything like the n-word, so stop treating those words like they are.

[narutouzamaki]

Everyone knows how to lose weight but confidence to do it and what they look like while doing it is stopping them

[patrickmanway]

What people FAIL to talk about is our sedentary lifestyle!! We don't MOVE as much anymore!! Kids don't get exercise and develop early onset obesity!!

[dzatiyahariana]

thank you this answered my question for my PYP School project.

[zoegarza]

For all those people who are saying oh just stop eating junk food and stuff like that it's not that easy as you think it is because of the addictive chemicals in the food these people eat but you are right it is possible just difficult for some.

[ethan]

It's not hard to not be fat. JUST DO

[handsomefemme]

Or you could just stop eating junk food. Just saying.

[benitez-kx]

This happend to me over 5yrs
Now I dont really eat pizza unless its homemade by me
Dont drink fizzy drinks
No red meats alog
No crisps
Now exercise as much as I can a week but I dont push everyday for injury reasons
And I dont eat fries and will always choose healthy options as rice and pasta
I also cut alot of processed food

[HighComissioner]

Sorry what!? 65kg an adult man? 10st is not a normal weight for an adult male.

ps. if the scales were 65kg either side it would be equal.

[timothygoebel]

I’ve been overweight for a long time. Everything I read says it’s hopeless for me to realistically lose weight and keep off long term. I’m determined to make their conclusion false.