According to recent research, we are more predisposed to weight gain than we would have been a mere 30 or 40 years ago. Are we eating more? Are we exercising less? Perhaps, but according to the study, greater factors are at play.
According to research, a person with the same diet and exercise habits in the 80s would have a 2.3 point increase in their BMI in 2006 without changing anything at all — simply by existing 30 years in the future. That’s right — existing in our modern environment has contributed to a greater body mass among the population.
Why is this?
There are many potential contributors that can each cause a slight increase in the propensity to gain weight. Add them all together, and that 2 point increase in BMI can easily be accounted for. From increased use of pesticides to medication side effects, here are 7 possibilities (that go beyond diet and exercise) that could be working to make us bigger.
