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Originally Posted by Cherie

It might be old fashioned but historically type 2 diabetes was not prevalent in the population and they ate carbs! ...over eating plays it’s part, the UK is one of the fattest nations in Europe and has the prevalence of diabetes to match it, Covid deaths and the correlation with the number of people with diabetes cannot be ignored

It's down to cost and availability really; historically most people didn't over-eat anything because it wasn't there to over-eat. Things like high sugar content and (especially) HFCS in the US are massive problems when it comes to obesity, but carb-bulking is also a huge part of the problem no matter how much certain Kizzies want to insist that you can eat as many sandwiches as you want so long as you lay off the Haribo. It's widely accepted that huge servings of carb-based snacks are a major component of the obesity crisis, over and above just high sugar/high fat, because basically overloading on those empty carbs is what results in repeated hunger, much moreso than low-volume high-energy foods. Willpower is obviously part of the equation but instinct is a MASSIVE counter to willpower, and it's much harder for people to resist over-eating and snacking if their body is screaming at them that they need more carbs.