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Uh, it is very widely understood that eating & absorbing fewer calories than you burn leads to losing weight, and vice versa. The question is, how does one gen

by jmull 8y ago

Uh, it is very widely understood that eating & absorbing fewer calories than you burn leads to losing weight, and vice versa. The question is, how does one generally control this? There appear to be a multiple biological systems, psychological, economic, health, societal, cultural, and evolutionary factors at play which influence how much/how often/what a person eats, how they metabolize what they eat, how much they exercise, etc. You’re ignoring all that if you try to treat it as matter of “simple physics”. You’re effectively denying the problem by vastly oversimplifying it.

babyslothzoo 8y ago
> The question is, how does one generally control this? How does one generally control becoming addicted to any addictive substance? Generally, moderation or abstinence, particularly for those susceptible to addiction. Food addiction is not so different from drug or alcohol addiction, though food has a much shorter 'high' associated with it than nearly any drug. And food addiction is societally acceptable, whereas drug addicts are generally looked down upon.