It is true that poor people in America are more likely to be fat than rich people, which helps explains Aspen’s generally skinny population.
It is true that Americans have steadily put on weight since 1980.
And it is true that Aspenites sometimes come back from journeys to middle America and comment on how fat people are in other parts of the country, which may reveal as much about their prejudices as it does about their powers of observation.
These "big" ideas were discussed, or prompted, by a panel discussion Friday at the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival called “Why Are Americans So Fat and What Can We Do About It?.”
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