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Re:Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unrespo... by eru on Friday November 24, 2017 @01:46PM (#15772349)
I don't think it's the energy extraction that's changing, but people's set points for weight.

> It also doesn’t help that the sugar lobby/industry is so powerful, and sugar/corn syrup is in everything.

Corn syrup ain't good, but we have fat people in other parts of the world, too.

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Re:Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unrespo... by toomuchtodo on Friday November 24, 2017 @02:24PM (#15772546)
Rapidly increasing obesity rates seem to be associated with a first world/western diet.
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Re:Faecal transplant effectively treats recurrent or unrespo... by eru on Sunday November 26, 2017 @08:08AM (#15780729)
Further investigation seems useful.

Eg anecdotally I can see people in India putting on the pounds much more than Chinese---whether on the mainland or in South-East Asia like Singapore. But I don't know the statistics off the top of my head, I only lived there.

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