Obesity Epidemic Summary

It’s no secret that obesity, the state of being overweight, has increasingly become a severe problem in all areas of the world. In the book, The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?, author and doctor, Zoe Harcombe shares the research that she has done regarding this matter, busts myths that many people today believe, shares bits of information of the history of our ancestries, and how the obesity epidemic has differed throughout the years.
I was shocked to learn much of what Dr. Harcombe explained in the reading, including the facts that she stated considering the calorie consumption and how it effects someone’s weight in pounds. Dr. Harcombe talks about how crucial the late 1900’s was to the development of obesity because