Recent studies have begun to investigate why Americans and people who follow a western diet tend to gain weight. One possible explanation is that dietary habits that rely on a western diet, rather than a more traditional diet, like that found among native peoples in Africa and Central America is that ... ?

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6 August, 00:35

Recent studies have begun to investigate why Americans and people who follow a western diet tend to gain weight. One possible explanation is that dietary habits that rely on a western diet, rather than a more traditional diet, like that found among native peoples in Africa and Central America is that ... ?

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Reuben Cooley · Answer 1

The western diet contains more calories.

Explanation:

As people eat and drink, they get energy from food. This energy is measured in a unit known as calorie.

Calories refer to the amount of energy that can be gained from eating food.

When people consume more calories than they get rid of daily (through processes like exercising), they tend to gain weight.

Western diets contain more calories than more traditional diets, and therefore result in weight gains.

Jacqueline Lynch · Answer 2

Western diet has high cholesterol compared to traditional diet

Explanation:

Ordinarily, a normal western diet would contain meat, fish, cheese, milk, eggs and so on that are high in cholesterol and fatty content which if not controlled early could cause obesity. Obesity is a state of being extremely weighty.

However, traditional diet features fruits, vegetables and grains whose cholesterol composition is nearly non-existent capable of aiding the circulation of blood smoothly that assist the liver in working perfectly compared to cholesterol intake that hamper the liver from functioning as appropriate.