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and yet when Americans set foot on European soil the first thought they have is 'everyone is so thin'.

if there's any misstep here, it's not focused enough on sugar (which is a hard drug for kids) .



Being thin is cultural. If your society shames you for being fat you are less likely to be fat. Has nothing to do with ultra processed food


> and yet when Americans set foot on European soil the first thought they have is 'everyone is so thin'.

I’m not sure how this interacts with the point I’m making.

> if there's any misstep here, it's not focused enough on sugar (which is a hard drug for kids) .

Sure, free sugars are associated with risk (which is reflected in dietary guidelines). Plenty of UPFs are not (which is why they generally aren’t flagged as a concern in dietary guidelines).




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