Relaxing hunter gatherer
Is the obesity epidemic caused by too much bad food, or is it simply because of lack of exercise? A new study deals a blow to the “Coca Cola spokesperson” argument that obese soda-drinking kids just need to spend more time on their treadmills.
It seems like our slim ancestors perhaps didn’t burn more calories than we do today. So the cause of our obesity epidemic is hardly a sudden epidemic of laziness. Probably it’s got a lot more to do with junk food:
BBC: Hunter gatherer clue to obesity
Here’s the study:
