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Do you eat even when you’re not hungry? Do you tend to reach for a pizza instead of a salad?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the consequences of our modern lifestyles is obesity. Michael Easter discusses some of the harmful effects that comfortable diets have on health, and he points the finger at several causes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more to learn about some of the causes of America\u2019s obesity epidemic, including an ancient one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of Shortform\u2019s guide to dieting<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Obesity Epidemic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Providing evidence for the obesity epidemic in America, Easter says 38% of the US population is obese and 32% is overweight. This is a big problem because obesity is a major risk factor for conditions like heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. In fact, obesity decreases your lifespan by an average of five to 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Research shows that obesity is also one of the most common comorbidities for Covid-19<\/a>. In some studies, obesity was found to be the leading comorbidity<\/a>. This is because obesity weakens your immune system and compresses your lungs, which exacerbates the respiratory symptoms of Covid.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easter explains that our evolutionary instincts make us dangerously susceptible to obesity in modern America<\/a><\/strong>. This is because humans evolved to take advantage of opportunities to gorge on food and stockpile calories whenever it was possible. Hunting and gathering weren\u2019t as surefire for producing food as our trips to the grocery store today. So, it was important for ancient humans to capitalize on calories whenever they were available to build fat reserves as insurance for the uncertain future. The problem is, we\u2019re now constantly surrounded by food, but we\u2019re still programmed with the same evolutionary instinct to gorge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Experts say our instinct to gorge ourselves intensifies during the fall and winter<\/a> seasons. One expert explains that day length seems to influence our calorie consumption. One study found that participants consumed 200 more calories each day when days began to shorten in the fall. Another explanation is that food opportunities increase during the fall and winter holidays. As Easter explains, we capitalize on food when it\u2019s available, and there tend to be more feasts during the holiday season.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, many of the processed foods<\/a> available today are specially designed to be calorie dense and more delicious than anything found in nature<\/strong>. Our brains are wired to release dopamine (the feel-good chemical) when we consume anything sugary, salty, or fatty because these tastes indicate that the food we\u2019re eating is calorie-dense. Today, foods such as pizza and ice cream present an unnatural, carb-fat combination that releases more dopamine than anything we can pluck off a tree, which amplifies our cravings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Additional addictive components of highly-processed foods include the fact that many foods are processed to digest and absorb into our bloodstream more quickly<\/a> by removing their fiber and water content. This enhances the quickness and intensity of the feel-good response we experience when eating and keeps us coming back from more. Foods are also engineered for pleasurable texture. Experts say that when foods feel good in our mouths, their addictive quality increases.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another major cause of obesity is stress eating. <\/strong>As we discussed earlier, chronic stress<\/a> is increasing in the developed world, and eating comfort foods to cope with it is a recipe for disaster. Easter cites one study that found that 40% of people overeat when they\u2019re stressed and the quality of food consumed during stress eating tends to be poor. We reach for junk food when we\u2019re stressed because it quickly releases dopamine, which improves our mood and gives us temporary relief from chronic stress. This is why we might feel tempted to overeat at lunch if we\u2019re having a stressful day at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Another reason we might overeat when we\u2019re stressed is that our bodies crave extra calories to help fuel and replenish calories for our fight-or-flight response<\/a>. Whether we stress eat to cope or to fuel our stress responses, overeating isn\u2019t the only way stress contributes to obesity. One study found that elevated stress levels slow down our metabolism, which makes all of the extra food we stress eat harder to burn off.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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