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I prefer to refer to it as metabolic syndrome rather than obesity (even though they're not strictly identical) just to reinforce the point that it's going to li

I prefer to refer to it as metabolic syndrome rather than obesity (even though they're not strictly identical) just to reinforce the point that it's going to likely lead to early mortality if left untreated.

o_p 6y ago
Thats incorrect because theres no problem with their metabolism at all, you are eating too much and your body stores it as fat, working as intended.
- graeme 6y ago
  Metabolic syndrome is the medical name of a disease. It doesn’t mean “slow metabolism”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome
- cuddlybacon 6y ago
  That's actually not working as intended. There is a part of the brain that is supposed to monitor body fat percentage and suppress hunger and encourage physical activity in order to get body fat to lower again. This book[0] goes through how the metabolic system works, how it is supposed to self regulate, and how it can miss-regulate. It also talks about what it is about our food since the late 1970's that has changed to cause this to happen more frequently. [0] https://www.amazon.ca/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Overeat/dp/1250081203/ https://www.amazon.ca/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Ove... EDIT: I want to add a bit. This book goes through how the metabolic system of humans is supposed to work, and it can get technical at times. It also goes over the specific traits that certain foods have that can be problematic, which gives enough info to make a self-improved diet. It backs up everything it can with specific citations of scientific experiments.
- dna_polymerase 6y ago
  The only thing incorrect here is your degenerate comment. Google insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome before rubbing your stupidity into everyone's faces.
NikolaeVarius 6y ago
Its obesity. Caused by eating too much and probably minimal to no physical activity
- dathinab 6y ago
  > Caused by eating too much and probably minimal to no physical activity Very often actually it's unrelated to eating to much and doing no physical activity (at least wrt. most obese people I ended up knowing, context: Germany/Berlin). Most obese people I ended up knowing did had a rather controlled diet and did more sport/physical activity then your average person. So why where they obese? Some combination of: - They had problems with their metabolism, potential had to take medicament too. - In their childhood they ended up getting fat due to a varity of aspects and even with strict diet and sport had a hard time of losing their weight (once you where fat enough for long enough time your body gets used to it and as such is much much more prone to add fat to your body when you eat etc.) - there are other reasons too for other people but not people I did know close enough. Either-way I don't know about the US but in Germany/Berlin "minimal to no physical activity" is not often the case and neither is missing discipline or laziness. For many obese people telling them to just do more sport and eat proper is like telling a depressed person to just stand up in the morning and go out or a person with social anxiety to just leave the house. I.e. impolite, discriminatory, mean and far of reality.
  - aaomidi 6y ago
    This is in line with my own observations too. I think non obese people really look down on people who are obese and have absolutely no idea what we put ourselves through to lose weight. It's honestly disgusting and extremely damaging to mental health. You can see examples of this in the comment section here.
    - ntsplnkv2 6y ago
      As someone who has lost 40 lbs and continues to lose weight, I get it, but at the end of the day you're the one who's going to get heart disease early, get diabetes, die young, etc, not the ones who aren't obese. Stop worrying so much about what other people think and do what you think is best to take care of yourself. Get help if you need it - there are a lot of real clinical options these days. These are internet commenters who don't know you and won't ever know you, and won't care when you die. That's just life. Don't sweat it.

o_p 6y ago

Thats incorrect because theres no problem with their metabolism at all, you are eating too much and your body stores it as fat, working as intended.

graeme 6y ago
Metabolic syndrome is the medical name of a disease. It doesn’t mean “slow metabolism”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome
cuddlybacon 6y ago
That's actually not working as intended. There is a part of the brain that is supposed to monitor body fat percentage and suppress hunger and encourage physical activity in order to get body fat to lower again. This book[0] goes through how the metabolic system works, how it is supposed to self regulate, and how it can miss-regulate. It also talks about what it is about our food since the late 1970's that has changed to cause this to happen more frequently. [0] https://www.amazon.ca/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Overeat/dp/1250081203/ https://www.amazon.ca/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Ove... EDIT: I want to add a bit. This book goes through how the metabolic system of humans is supposed to work, and it can get technical at times. It also goes over the specific traits that certain foods have that can be problematic, which gives enough info to make a self-improved diet. It backs up everything it can with specific citations of scientific experiments.
dna_polymerase 6y ago
The only thing incorrect here is your degenerate comment. Google insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome before rubbing your stupidity into everyone's faces.

NikolaeVarius 6y ago

Its obesity. Caused by eating too much and probably minimal to no physical activity

dathinab 6y ago
> Caused by eating too much and probably minimal to no physical activity Very often actually it's unrelated to eating to much and doing no physical activity (at least wrt. most obese people I ended up knowing, context: Germany/Berlin). Most obese people I ended up knowing did had a rather controlled diet and did more sport/physical activity then your average person. So why where they obese? Some combination of: - They had problems with their metabolism, potential had to take medicament too. - In their childhood they ended up getting fat due to a varity of aspects and even with strict diet and sport had a hard time of losing their weight (once you where fat enough for long enough time your body gets used to it and as such is much much more prone to add fat to your body when you eat etc.) - there are other reasons too for other people but not people I did know close enough. Either-way I don't know about the US but in Germany/Berlin "minimal to no physical activity" is not often the case and neither is missing discipline or laziness. For many obese people telling them to just do more sport and eat proper is like telling a depressed person to just stand up in the morning and go out or a person with social anxiety to just leave the house. I.e. impolite, discriminatory, mean and far of reality.
- aaomidi 6y ago
  This is in line with my own observations too. I think non obese people really look down on people who are obese and have absolutely no idea what we put ourselves through to lose weight. It's honestly disgusting and extremely damaging to mental health. You can see examples of this in the comment section here.
  - ntsplnkv2 6y ago
    As someone who has lost 40 lbs and continues to lose weight, I get it, but at the end of the day you're the one who's going to get heart disease early, get diabetes, die young, etc, not the ones who aren't obese. Stop worrying so much about what other people think and do what you think is best to take care of yourself. Get help if you need it - there are a lot of real clinical options these days. These are internet commenters who don't know you and won't ever know you, and won't care when you die. That's just life. Don't sweat it.