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I said "Many complicated phenomenon", not all. Obviously Harris-Benedict - which is not a theory of the mind - will not explain why I'm obsessed with food whil

• Houshalter 11y ago
  The point is it doesn't explain anything. Otherwise the fat people who had lost weight would have the same metabolisms as people naturally their weight.
  • yummyfajitas 11y ago
    Metabolism (like mental state) is exogenous to Harris-Benedict so claiming it fails to predict metabolism is entirely besides the point. Harris-Benedict does explain "prisoners that intentionally overeat quickly return to their original weight" and "As soon as they [people on restricted diets in lab conditions] were allowed to leave the hospital, they quickly returned to their normal weights." These are exactly predictions of Harris-Benedict (with metabolism held constant).
    • Houshalter 11y ago
      What is it predicting exactly? Just that weight loss should be rapid? But that doesn't seem to be generally true except in these special cases.