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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by flextheruler on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:39AM (#38039959)
What city do you live in? There is a huge array of healthy low calorie options near me all the way to pure vegetarian/vegan places.

There is a ridiculously strong correlation between sedentariness and obesity. We our more sedentary than ever before and then remote work/school increased it again.

I believe a person struggling with weight is basically determined in their childhood. Only in childhood will the body build new fat cells and the number of fat cells determines hormonal production of leptin and others which trigger hunger cues for the rest of life. Basically a fat child will permanently be hungrier for the rest of their life due to increased numbers of fat cells. If you’re a skinny and active kid you will permanently have an easier time to keep weight off. And before you blame food again sedentariness has increased among children immensely as well.

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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by kragen on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:45AM (#38040047)
yet most fat adults were not fat children, though in another 30 years that will no longer be true; childhood obesity was rare until this millennium
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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by aksss on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:56AM (#38040191)
Fat parents often have fat children. There’s a strong correlation.
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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by kragen on Friday October 27, 2023 @12:29PM (#38040606)
yes, that is true, and we know several reasons for it, but it is irrelevant both to the narrow issue of whether fat cells produced in childhood derange your caloric intake regulatory homeostasis thereafter, and to the broader issue of why there's an obesity pandemic
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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by flextheruler on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:59PM (#38045935)
It certainly was rarer but this was a known phenomenon occurring at least back in the 1960s

Off the top of my head I know there’s a speech of JFKs where he advocates for child health saying quote “there’s nothing more unfortunate than fat chubby children”

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Re:Study shows antibodies against PEG in 83% of the German p... by thrwwyunpopular on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:47AM (#38040071)
New York City
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