It compares in excessive detail some old and frankly hard to follow tables to the present day guideline of 2,500 calories and makes NO EFFORT to validate whether or not that's realistic.
It also tries to use pictures from baseball game showing thin people in the front row as evidence of... something. This is still what you see today. Rich people are significantly thinner on average in america. And even in obese heavy areas, you don't see a lot of obese people walking around. Because... they're not walking.
Here's an article citing an american average of 3,600 calories consumed per day, up a whopping 24% since 1961.
spywaregorilla|3 years ago
It compares in excessive detail some old and frankly hard to follow tables to the present day guideline of 2,500 calories and makes NO EFFORT to validate whether or not that's realistic.
It also tries to use pictures from baseball game showing thin people in the front row as evidence of... something. This is still what you see today. Rich people are significantly thinner on average in america. And even in obese heavy areas, you don't see a lot of obese people walking around. Because... they're not walking.
Here's an article citing an american average of 3,600 calories consumed per day, up a whopping 24% since 1961.
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-calorie-intake-last...
Here's another article citing CDC data suggesting a 22% rise in caloric consumption leading into the year 2000.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04news/calorie.htm