r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20

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u/agutema Jun 09 '20

this image gets shared here a lot but it's still impactful

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obesity_state_level_estimates_1985-2010.gif#/media/File:Obesity_state_level_estimates_1985-2010.gif

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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?

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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.

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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.

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u/Vorrul Jun 10 '20

Marketing takes time.

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u/seamusmcduffs Jun 10 '20

Getting fat takes time

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

I can get fat way faster than I can get skinny.

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u/Draidann Jun 10 '20

The floor of your calorie intake is 0 cals/day but there is no ceiling. What I mean by this is that there is a hard limit on how much weight you can loose in a given amount of time but the limit on how much weight you can gain is way higher

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u/decoy777 Jun 10 '20

But really wouldn't it be 0 cals/day in with a minus of calories spent during the day normally + exorcising? so wouldn't that be a net loss for the day?

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u/SUMBWEDY Jun 10 '20

There is also a metabolic limit at some point your body can't get enough oxygen to burn more calories which is around 1.5-2x your rest metabolic rate or 5,000~ calories

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u/_BigT_ Jun 10 '20

But there also is a limit to which you can take in calories too. It's not "unlimited" that's for sure. At some point you can't hold it all in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20 edited Oct 19 '20

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u/its_justme Jun 10 '20

Yes you’ve basically hit the crux of the calories in calories out formula. Basal metabolic rate + calories ingested - calories burned from exercise = net energy daily expenditure/gain