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> But you clearly cannot eat at a deficit and gain weight. This is just question-begging. The proposed mechanism is that the virus alters what a deficit is.
by jdminhbg 10y ago
> But you clearly cannot eat at a deficit and gain weight.
This is just question-begging. The proposed mechanism is that the virus alters what a deficit is.
- IanCal 10y agoAnd I think that's a very distinctly different thing from "directly causes obesity".
- Dylan16807 10y agoWhen people say "directly causes obesity", they don't mean it's a magic spell that reverses thermodynamics. Something that stops a large amount of calories from being burned and turns them into fat reserves deserves the title of "directly causes obesity".
- srssays 10y agoSo why aren't people in hot countries all obese?
- parhurs 10y agoWhy would they be? Human metabolism evolved for hot climate after all. So, the body can regulate itself. Unless it's infected by a virus, which alters this regulation. And, unlike you imply, living in a hot country does not shift your energy usage towards fat creation like the virus does.
- jdminhbg 10y agoIn the same way that a lit match tossed into a building doesn't "directly cause a fire" because it's actually a series of chemical reactions that cause the fire, I suppose that's correct.