Food and obesity: what connection there?

In developed societies, obesity is spreading at a rapid pace, so much so that we speak of an epidemic. There are more and more obese families and even entire populations are threatened.

The United States has experienced in fifty years a very rapid increase of obesity and overweight (for 60% of adults), and even children and adolescents are at risk. This phenomenon has now reached Europe, Asia and most developing countries.

The cause of obesity is the change in dietary habits, itself caused by changes in the food industry. The food supply is abundant and less expensive foods are also rich in calories. The model of diet rich in sugars and fats is dominant at the expense of traditional models that gave more importance to plants.