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73 Evaluation of the Results

Civilization

Diseases

O progress is very much chang- “ The easy

ur accelerating technological

ing the way we live. With the vast and cheap access
to calorically
number of resources created since the
industrial revolution first started in dense food has
the 19th century, our diet and means made obesity
of getting food have been completely an epidemic in
revolutionized. However, while ena-
bling the feeding of large masses of the developed
people, at the same time there are world.
some complications. There are many
known diseases that are much more
prevalent in our current day and age This causes major effects, such as
than they were in the past. bone joint and tissue damage, in-
creased risk of cardiovascular diseas-
There are huge physiological issues es and strokes, or contributes to com-
that come with our modern lifestyle. plications in child development. In
Today it is possible, and, in fact, addition to the physiological impact
much too easy, for the average person obesity has on a person, it diminishes
to become obese. their self-esteem and quality of life.

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