Long ago, people feared one thing — hunger.

They worked hard on farms, prayed for rain, and still didn’t always have enough to eat. Food meant staying alive, not having fun. Hunger was one of the main causes of death.

Now the world has flipped.

Today, obesity is a major health problem and cause of many deaths in rich countries. Stores are full, and snacks are everywhere. People eat even when they aren’t hungry.

Here’s the strange part:
Each year, people in the US spend more money on losing weight than what’s needed to feed all the hungry people in the world.

Isn’t it weird and poetic how people fixed so well the biggest problem of the preindustrial age — hunger — and turned it into completely new big problem??