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Obesity is vastly more complex than people “just” making bad choices. Tell someone who is addicted to cigarettes to quit smoking while everyone around them smok

Obesity is vastly more complex than people “just” making bad choices. Tell someone who is addicted to cigarettes to quit smoking while everyone around them smokes all day and there are cigarettes cheaply or freely available everywhere. Oh, and modify the scenario slightly: you have to smoke a little to live. And while smoking is making one person sick with cancer, other people have different genes and can smoke as much as they want with no side effects. That is what it’s like trying to “just make good food choices” today, especially if you are genetically insulin resistant, in which case you not only need to eat “good food,” you need to eat less of it than other people or you’ll still gain weight. Oh and don’t get me started on stress and cortisol. “Just eat healthy,” is the ignorant remark of someone blessed with good genetics.

GekkePrutser 6y ago
> Obesity is vastly more complex than people “just” making bad choices. Tell someone who is addicted to cigarettes to quit smoking while everyone around them smokes all day and there are cigarettes cheaply or freely available everywhere. > Oh, and modify the scenario slightly: you have to smoke a little to live. And while smoking is making one person sick with cancer, other people have different genes and can smoke as much as they want with no side effects. > That is what it’s like trying to “just make good food choices” today, especially if you are genetically insulin resistant, in which case you not only need to eat “good food,” you need to eat less of it than other people or you’ll still gain weight. Oh and don’t get me started on stress and cortisol. > “Just eat healthy,” is the ignorant remark of someone blessed with good genetics. Yeah it's like the mentally healthy telling the depressed to cheer up. It's not that simple.

GekkePrutser 6y ago

> Obesity is vastly more complex than people “just” making bad choices. Tell someone who is addicted to cigarettes to quit smoking while everyone around them smokes all day and there are cigarettes cheaply or freely available everywhere. > Oh, and modify the scenario slightly: you have to smoke a little to live. And while smoking is making one person sick with cancer, other people have different genes and can smoke as much as they want with no side effects. > That is what it’s like trying to “just make good food choices” today, especially if you are genetically insulin resistant, in which case you not only need to eat “good food,” you need to eat less of it than other people or you’ll still gain weight. Oh and don’t get me started on stress and cortisol. > “Just eat healthy,” is the ignorant remark of someone blessed with good genetics. Yeah it's like the mentally healthy telling the depressed to cheer up. It's not that simple.