So why have people gotten so fat over the last 30 years?
The faddists say, rather predictably, though with disturbingly little fellow feeling, that the current obesity epidemic is the result of the last fad; i.e., that we’re fat because of the low fat craze and now need a high fat craze to undo this (any guesses what the next fad is going to claim?). Here’s my question: do you really think the decisive factor was people wolfing down fat free (and don’t forget sugar free) cookies with a feeling of impunity? Sure people did this, to an extent. But they certainly also had plenty of super sized fatburgers to wash it all down. At least, it doesn’t seem that McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) and Krispy Kreme (NYSE: KKD) were particularly poor investments during this period. But I don’t want to say with the paranoids “it’s all the evil corporations’ fault!” In fact, I view both of these stances (fad vs. fad, corporate evil) as manifestations of the real problem: a catastrophic loss of belief in the idea of personal responsibility. People today are not merely irresponsible: they are anti-responsible. They view the idea that they are responsible for their condition as offensive. It seems ridiculous to them, beneath contempt. And it is precisely this attitude that has been doing them in on the diet front and so many others.
”No S Diet: No snacks, sweets, seconds, except on days that start with S.
I love this guy’s page, have a read.
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