Just kinda skimmed through because I don’t have an hour right now, but marketing is definitely to blame, they managed to associate high protein content in snacks with “healthy”, so people skip over the rest of the nutrition info because hey it’s high in protein.
Right at the start, the one gram per pound of protein is usually just a recommendation for people trying to build muscle and should also be done in tandem with muscle-building exercise.
I think the obesity comes in with all the protein snacks. You could get 30g of protein from 100g of chicken breast OR you could drink a chocolate milkshake or eat a protein bar, it’s easy to guess what most people will pick. I spent a while looking for protein bars to help me hit my goals and it’s crazy how many of them are 300-400 calories each. Even for people who do exercise a lot and need the protein, that’s really high in calories.
Like cliff builder bars, one bar is 280 calories, 20g protein, but also 30% of the DV of saturated fats and 32% of the DV of sugar. A bar has almost the same amount of sugar (17g) as protein, that’s ridiculous
I took a break at the beginning of summer and came back to enjoy ODSTs and fight some hive lords to find my FPS half of what it used to be. I know the game isn’t great at optimizing anyway, but the tech debt is hitting haaarrddd.