Is our modern environment making us gain weight?
Yes, it is
Just 50 years ago, processed foods were far less common, and most meals were cooked at home. This shift towards processed, convenience foods is a significant reason global obesity rates have tripled—not because people have become more indulgent, but because our food environment has drastically changed.
We are biologically wired to crave energy-dense foods because they were scarce in the past. Now, these foods are abundant, and food companies design "hyper-palatable" products loaded with fat, sugar, and salt, making them hard to resist.
This combination of our biology and the modern food environment makes overeating easy, turning everyday choices into a battle against highly tempting, calorie-dense options.
To succeed in maintaining or losing weight, you need to reshape your environment and develop habits that help you resist these modern-day temptations.
