Quote: (05-06-2013 01:40 PM)Samseau Wrote:
That's because conditions were so bad in Gambia, the people were starving and suffering from all kinds of diseases that fucked them up.
But once they got access to health-care, they improved. However, these are just short term gains - as the women become spoiled and entitlted from a greater standard of living, they too will start to have fewer children which leads to less women for men, which leads to imbalanced ratios and the ability to be fat without consequence.
Here's another question:
Who is paying for this healthcare in Gambia? The UN? I.e. paid for from people who work for a living?
yes, I believe all of this because you are making too much sense.
For the USA and other fat nations, lack of basic nutrition- not enough enough food, and not enough good food- creates the obesity problem. People in the western world eat too much cheap fast food loaded with addictive additives, and corn syrup, not enough quality vegies and grains and so we have a nation full of fatties.
Also, people don't exercise enough. Health care shouldn't even be part of the conversation.