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The main source of obesity is to high calorie intake.
by 8draco8 8y ago
The main source of obesity is to high calorie intake.
- cortic 8y agoThats like saying the main source of famine is to low calorie intake. It may be technically true but it misses almost every part of the problem.
- 8draco8 8y agoIf you want go down that road I will say that reason of high calorie intake is not gut bacteria. In majority of cases it’s bad eating habits. Too much sugars, too much fats. Education is the greatest weapon against obesity that we have.
- zaarn 8y agoThere is some evidence that your gut flora and fauna influences your appetite and calorie intake [https://www.nature.com/articles/nutd201121 https://www.nature.com/articles/nutd201121]
- DanBC 8y ago>Education is the greatest weapon It doesn't seem to be working.
- cortic 8y ago>Education is the greatest weapon against obesity that we have. Yet the most educated societies have the worst problems with obesity. A fair statistical case could be made that Education causes obesity, albeit it too would miss most of the problem. >reason of high calorie intake is not gut bacteria [majority of cases] Most research I've read, especially around epigenetics, the thrifty metabolism and the Dutch hunger winter studies, all show a strikingly different biome of gut bacteria in [an overwhelming majority] of obese individuals compared to average bmi non-thrifty metabolic people.
- atombender 8y agoI don't have the study at hand, but there's evidence that healthy, lean people excrete unused calories whereas obese people don't. In other words, the body adapts to calorie intake, and it's not just a simple formula of "calories in/out".