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Re:Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 ... by abrons on Thursday October 01, 2015 @01:16AM (#10309358)
The article mentions prescription drugs but doesn't mention a widely used over the counter one: nicotine.

US smoking rates are down about 50% over the last 20 years. (That's overall, I couldn't find any details by cohort.)

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Re:Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 ... by desdiv on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:38AM (#10309949)
Good thinking, but the researchers already adjusted for smoking status [0][1].

[0] http://i.imgur.com/mQZ1ST9.png

[1] http://i.imgur.com/Hi1x4Ab.png

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Re:Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 ... by jl6 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:19AM (#10309689)
Is the suggestion that people are channelling addictive behaviors from smoking to eating?
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Re:Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 ... by damian2000 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:25AM (#10309717)
Smoking reduces your appetite, leading to less eating and less weight.

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/09/137085989/the-skinny-on-smokin...

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Re:Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 ... by jacobolus on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:46AM (#10309795)
Nicotine (without smoking) also has that effect, even in low doses.

Actually there are two parts: it reduces appetite, and also raises the resting metabolic rate, cf. e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2773833

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