I’m not dying on a hill to defend HFCS but the cure for obesity is giving up Coke and Pepsi, not switching from one sugar to another. The amount of surgery drinks consumed in this country is disgusting. My parents rarely let us drink soft drinks as kids and the habit stuck. Oh and we didn’t get to have a Nintendo or Sega set up either.
You are not wrong. My contention is the deleterious nature of the #1-3 things to remove from US Food is so great, that it makes it almost impossible to over come.
I would guess your level of activity for someone in your age bracket is high to very-high, in comparison to the mean.
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I suspect my activity level and VO2 max is like 99.99% percentile for my age group. But it's not about me, per se.
People like to call out which population groups around the world are healthier that Americans- e.g., France's obesity rate is 17% vs 40% for the US, and that's fine and dandy. But as I often point to in this thread, you need look no further than West Bend or any other outdoor recreation focused/high education type community in the USA to see what's working- i.e., regular exercise, not overeating, no smoking, and moderate (or little or no) consumption of alcohol. Anecdotally speaking, you almost never see an obese youth, adult or senior on our side of town. And even adults being moderately over weight (though not obese) is very rare. I also suspect peer pressure plays are role as well- i.e., it's less socially acceptable here than in Redmond, Madras or Prineville, OR.
I'm not in disagreement with you that there is likely some public health benefit to elimination or HFCS or Round Up in Cheerios from the US food supply. Or that more research into (potential) adverse affects of seed oils is a worthwhile endeavor. But I view these things as tertiary to the larger problems facing the health of America, which are above all else are sedentary lifestyle and excess food energy in take. Any #MAHA movement needs to address these issues above else.
