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iveabiggen t1_j4ahbna wrote

>But another recent study conducted with 394 adults in the UK found no difference in the total energy intake of food-insecure and food-secure people. What it did find, though, was that the diet of people without ready access to healthy food was high in carbohydrates, with less fibre and protein than other people in the study.

Meanwhile in asia, rice with every single meal, a carbohydrate. They report low obesity levels. Its not the carbs. You just eat too much kcal per day, and the excess is stored as fat.

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RobertPaulsonXX42 t1_j4b49re wrote

Say it louder for the kids in the back...

Western society is the only human population the planet has ever seen where one of the top problems facing the poor and impoverished in the past 50 years is obesity.

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Larein t1_j4czuqg wrote

>They report low obesity levels.

Its starting to change.

>Obesity in China is a major health concern according to the WHO, with overall rates of obesity between 5% and 6% for the country,[2] but greater than 20% in some cities where fast food is popular.[3]

Plus there is also same trend as in western cultures. More refined carbohydrates. With white rice becomming the norm over brown rice.

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