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Surely it's not my overall poor diet choices...

reaperducer 7y ago
This. I didn't get fat because Monsanto knocked my door and shoved cheeseburgers down my throat for 30 years. Nobody ever gained weight from not eating. /Has lost 130 pounds in the last year by simply not eating when I wasn't hungry, instead of eating when I'm bored or sad.
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
  I remember speaking with someone who laughed at the idea that what eat has anything to do with our health. I was taken aback, but he's not alone in that.
- sneakernets 7y ago
  I'll admit I'm only saying anecdotes, but I've met very, very few obese people who said they ate when "bored or sad". The friends I had who did gain weight, did during the fat-free craze of the late 80s and early 90s, when "guilt-free" candybars shot onto the market labelled as diet foods. It even has a name: the "SnackWell Effect". ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snackwell_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snackwell_effect
  - frogpelt 7y ago
    Be honest. Did you write that wiki article?
    - AstralStorm 7y ago
      He didn't. It's an old one and it's not an example of citation genesis either.
  - rootusrootus 7y ago
    Agreed. It is clearly more complicated than "worthless lazy person can't control themselves."
- ilaksh 7y ago
  I'm not sure this is only about people who have an extra 130 lbs. Supposedly "obese" is about 30% overweight. A lot of people are more than half of the way there. And it's probably due to the same factors that could get them to official obesity. Which often does _not_ include eating when bored. The biggest one may be directly related to aging.
smolder 7y ago
They aren't mutually exclusive.
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
  Nor are they mutually inclusive. The one person who eats 5k calories of Glyphosate laden foods vs one who eats 1.5k will unlikely have similar results. Also will Glyphsate laden processed foods give you same result as Glyphosate laden vegetables and fruit? They will probably both give you cancer though, you might just die skinnier.

This. I didn't get fat because Monsanto knocked my door and shoved cheeseburgers down my throat for 30 years. Nobody ever gained weight from not eating. /Has lost 130 pounds in the last year by simply not eating when I wasn't hungry, instead of eating when I'm bored or sad.

ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
I remember speaking with someone who laughed at the idea that what eat has anything to do with our health. I was taken aback, but he's not alone in that.
sneakernets 7y ago
I'll admit I'm only saying anecdotes, but I've met very, very few obese people who said they ate when "bored or sad". The friends I had who did gain weight, did during the fat-free craze of the late 80s and early 90s, when "guilt-free" candybars shot onto the market labelled as diet foods. It even has a name: the "SnackWell Effect". ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snackwell_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snackwell_effect
- frogpelt 7y ago
  Be honest. Did you write that wiki article?
  - AstralStorm 7y ago
    He didn't. It's an old one and it's not an example of citation genesis either.
- rootusrootus 7y ago
  Agreed. It is clearly more complicated than "worthless lazy person can't control themselves."
ilaksh 7y ago
I'm not sure this is only about people who have an extra 130 lbs. Supposedly "obese" is about 30% overweight. A lot of people are more than half of the way there. And it's probably due to the same factors that could get them to official obesity. Which often does _not_ include eating when bored. The biggest one may be directly related to aging.

smolder 7y ago

They aren't mutually exclusive.

ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago
Nor are they mutually inclusive. The one person who eats 5k calories of Glyphosate laden foods vs one who eats 1.5k will unlikely have similar results. Also will Glyphsate laden processed foods give you same result as Glyphosate laden vegetables and fruit? They will probably both give you cancer though, you might just die skinnier.