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Re:Weigh more, pay more: Argument for charging obese people ... by vacri on Monday March 19, 2012 @06:56AM (#3723333)
It is too simplistic - the human body has all sorts of hystereses in it, and doesn't work on a linear scale with calories. That being said, improving diet and using appropriate quantities is a fairly common solution - if people can stick to it, they'll generally be better off.
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Re:Weigh more, pay more: Argument for charging obese people ... by heretohelp on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:23AM (#3723392)
If you eat less than you burn, you will lose weight.

The tricky part is in making it easier to eat less than you burn.

Eating healthier food that better sates you inside some kind of structure will help you accomplish that.

Our product will solve all of those problems as well as take the pain out of meal planning even for people not trying to necessarily lose weight.

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