A flawed paradigm has derailed the science of obesity

Re:A flawed paradigm has derailed the science of obesity by birksherty on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:33AM (#28520262)

Are all people obese due to medication? The article from beginning tries to say it's not due to difference in total calorie taken and used. Is it really not the case? People always chose sugary food over fruits, veg and meat whenever they are hungry.

edit: Want to add that people also eat way too frequently, which makes us feel hungry (falsely) whenever not eating in that schedule. This can be averted by practice of eating less frequently few days. It does not mean starving, we just deviated from the normal and trying to go back.

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Re:A flawed paradigm has derailed the science of obesity by aaomidi on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:38AM (#28520651)

There are things that have fundamentally changed in our bodies as a whole to make us have a different relationship with food and hunger. This change really started in the mid 19th and 20th century.

Food security can't be the only explanation for this because there were dozens of periods in human civilization where food security was just as good or better.

Not investigating this is causing lives lost and mental anguish. It's like we don't want to admit that fat people might have actually been fat because of other reasons other than being a failure.

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