I have a secret theory that the inherent depletion of some as yet unidentified "total nutritional value" of the foods we eat, due to mass farming and fertilizer reliance, plays some part in the American and global obesity crisis.
It's probably more of an issue in the pre-obesity stage, but since man does not live by bread alone any more than man lives by calorie alone, and given that a person can die of malnutrition with a full stomach, for instance by eating only rabbit or fish, I imagine that at least part of what causes the insatiable hunger or lack of satisfaction from eating that leads to obesity must surely be that there are some nutrient profiles that are missing from most of the food we have available.
It's probably more of an issue in the pre-obesity stage, but since man does not live by bread alone any more than man lives by calorie alone, and given that a person can die of malnutrition with a full stomach, for instance by eating only rabbit or fish, I imagine that at least part of what causes the insatiable hunger or lack of satisfaction from eating that leads to obesity must surely be that there are some nutrient profiles that are missing from most of the food we have available.