In case you were wondering how America got obese and how diabetes has, in a few decades, gone from virtually-non-existent to, presently, 30% of the population (and growing fast) – – look no further than the biggest success stories, measured over decades, in the stock market (McDonald’s and Pepsi reported this morning, and Coca Cola reported yesterday morning):
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/slopechart_MCD-1-640x333.jpg)
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/slopechart_PEP-640x302.jpg)
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/slopechart_KO-640x302.jpg)
My final remark on this, in the form of a tweet: