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Re:New research highlights the damage caused by processed food by cortesoft on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:32PM (#29090458)
> though, in my mind, it's not very mysterious - far larger access to far more calorically-dense but nutritionally-poor foods

This doesn’t seem so obvious to me… it seems reasonable to me that any abundance of calorically-dense food would lead to obesity. I don’t think it is obvious without study that the food being nutritionally poor is a requirement for widespread obesity.

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Re:New research highlights the damage caused by processed food by yetihehe on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:28AM (#29092542)
Body needs more nutrients, so it eats more of food. But to give you enough nutrients, you must now consume too much calories. Hence, obesity crisis.
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Re:New research highlights the damage caused by processed food by edanm on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:19AM (#29093158)
> I don’t think it is obvious without study that the food being nutritionally poor is a requirement for widespread obesity.

I think calorically dense is "sufficient". Maybe nutritionally poor is a poor choice of words - I was trying to say calorically-dense, but not very satiating.

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