Cuban Diet Crisis

The Cuban economic crisis led to a dramatic shift in diet, with carbohydrate intake soaring while obesity rates surprisingly plummeted by half. As people became more physically active due to fuel shortages and relied on cheap foods like rice and sugar, the expected rise in obesity didn't occur. When the economy improved and diets returned to richer, more varied foods, obesity rates surged again, challenging prevailing beliefs about the relationship between sugar, carbohydrates, and weight gain.