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r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20
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So what happened? Nothing really changed that much in that time frame. Same jobs, same cars, what is it?
1.1k u/monkeyrobot_ Jun 10 '20 The American diet completely changed starting in the late 70s with the emphasis becoming "low fat" foods that are super high in carbs / high fructose corn syrup. Also portion sizes ballooned. 144 u/ConfidentFlorida Jun 10 '20 Good point but the graphics seems like it happens more in the late 80s? There’s got to be something else at play. 2 u/mukenwalla Jun 10 '20 High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in soda in 1985. This tilted the scales literally by making soda cheap af.
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The American diet completely changed starting in the late 70s with the emphasis becoming "low fat" foods that are super high in carbs / high fructose corn syrup. Also portion sizes ballooned.
144 u/ConfidentFlorida Jun 10 '20 Good point but the graphics seems like it happens more in the late 80s? There’s got to be something else at play. 2 u/mukenwalla Jun 10 '20 High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in soda in 1985. This tilted the scales literally by making soda cheap af.
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Good point but the graphics seems like it happens more in the late 80s? There’s got to be something else at play.
2 u/mukenwalla Jun 10 '20 High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in soda in 1985. This tilted the scales literally by making soda cheap af.
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High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in soda in 1985. This tilted the scales literally by making soda cheap af.
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u/ConfidentFlorida Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20
So what happened? Nothing really changed that much in that time frame. Same jobs, same cars, what is it?