History

History articles feature analysis of historical context in relation to censorship, policy, technology, media, economics, and social life.

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The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal

The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal

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The America of 1960 was metabolically healthier than the America of 2025, not because our grandparents had better genes, but because they lived in an environment that did not constantly conspire against their physiology.

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