Reply #68: If being fat is genetic, then why has obesity increased so much so fast?

[MindPilot]

DNA doesn't change significantly over a couple generations so there must be other causes. I don't think our eating habits have changed that much over the past couple of generations either. And from what I see day-to-day people are much more health-conscience than when I was young. So there is something else going on because there are a hell of a lot more fat people than there used to be. There are a hell of a lot more developmentally disabled kids too. Is it the pollutants or is it maybe the quality of the food, additives or processing?

I agree about the health & safty nazis, I'm really tired of the constant barrage of clean-living messages coming from everywhere from my workplace to my government.