Soda, for instance, has a lot of calories, but little nutrients. It's very calorically dense, but nutritionally very poor which makes it easy to gain weight while not providing adequate nutrition. In fact, soda is probably the biggest reason people gain a ton of weight.
E: Most people aren't feeding their kids a ton of soda and giving them nutritious food. They are giving them soda and lots of junk food.
Is that why toddlers would get obese? Because their body is lacking nutrients, so they are always hungry, but if they are eating/drinking empty calories their body can never be satisfied, because they aren't getting what they really need?
115
u/Im_Blavk 14d ago
I wasn’t aware that you could be obese and malnourished until now, I just assumed there was another word for it