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Re:What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault? by dafneee on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:38AM (#32750430)
>It's absolutely not

So why do we never find obese people among starving conditions (famines, concentrations camps, etc)

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Re:What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault? by pjc50 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:51AM (#32750618)
Because they're starving and their calories are externally constrained. So what?
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Re:What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault? by guerrilla on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:44AM (#32750512)
Because it's a necessary but not sufficient condition. You can't store fat if you don't get enough calories, but many people don't store fat at the same rate others do for the same overage.
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