Obesity has boomed in industrialized nations over the last century, and a common explanation is that we’ve become more sedentary, so we burn fewer calories. But a major new study (2025) finds that this is not the case. Global researchers compared the daily total calorie burn for people from 34 different countries and cultures around the world––from hunter-gatherers and farming populations with low obesity rates,… The post Food—Not Lack of Exercise—Fuels Obesity, Major Study Finds ...
