A Universal Solution to Globesity

Obesity is a very recent global problem on the geographical clock. Until now a global solution has eluded humanity because obesity was not seen as a problem. Obesity was not seen as a problem because the fat people never complained because they had plenty to eat and lived longer lives than thinner people. However, with the passage of time of the fat people have continued to get fatter and have now started die off like flies. However, the thin people too are getting fatter. Now thin people have become of average weight. However, now the deaths of fat/obese people are a concern because too many fat people are dying younger, sooner.  These early deaths are directly attributed to obesity, the same obesity which gave them the advantage of longevity. The term globesity is a new – It refers to the globe as a whole being full of obese people.

History: Due to a combination of circumstances mankind remained slim, fit, and hungry for many years. It is believed that Homo Sapiens evolved between about 400,000 years ago. Obesity was not known to be a problem in the good old days. The dominant view among scientists is the recent African origin of modern humans (RAO) that H. sapiens evolved in Africa and spread across the globe. Many readers envy the good old days and admire the simpler, slower, less productive, and low tech life style. As recently as 50 years ago a vast majority of people were slim, fit, and hungry. Upon reflection and without hesitation must clarify that there was never a state which was good and happy. Such utopia did not exist and is unlike to occur in the near or distant future. It is a well known fact that human beings have a selective memory; they tend to remember only the good times. Many will have forgotten that in those days famines were common in many population centres like India and China.

Some will go back a few thousand years and label those times as happy ones. In my opinion those supposedly good times were the days when the fittest survived, crops were not planted, and humans were hunter gatherers with limited access to food. Those who had access to food survived, others perished. A return to such circumstances cannot be imagined. However, a universal solution to obesity is needed and is long overdue.