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Re:People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just les... by matthewdgreen on Friday July 15, 2022 @02:39PM (#32111401)
> It’s just maladapted to our food environment where there is high calorie, highly rewarding, cheap food available to us at all times.

I visited China and they seemed to have plenty of access to high-calorie, highly-rewarding food. What's special about the temptations of our food system?

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Re:People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just les... by philipkglass on Friday July 15, 2022 @08:54PM (#32114341)
It's possible that as China transitions to a post-food-scarcity environment like the West it will see high obesity like in the West:

"The unparalleled rise of obesity in China: a call to action"

International Journal of Obesity volume 45, pages 921–922 (2021)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00774-w

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