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No. The error is more subtle; it's wrong to equate "weight" with "health". Humans are well adapted to protect their health, and if put on a diet which will kill
by jimrandomh 11y ago
No. The error is more subtle; it's wrong to equate "weight" with "health". Humans are well adapted to protect their health, and if put on a diet which will kill them, they'll usually stop following it. You see that they stopped following their diet, and regained weight. What you don't see is the counterfactual, where if they kept following the diet, they would've developed non-weight-related health problems and possibly died.
- lkiernan 11y agoHumans _were_ well adapted to protect their health. Now they're adapted to eat when it's available and conserve energy if possible. If not on a "diet", are prone to overeating, weight gain and subsequent health problems. And possibly died.