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Where can I read more about this?
by elliekelly 5y ago
Where can I read more about this?
- derbOac 5y agoThe body temperature decreases? This study was being discussed quite a bit when it came out, although there was prior work on it: https://elifesciences.org/articles/49555 https://elifesciences.org/articles/49555 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-human-body-temperatures-cooling-down/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-human-body-te... One hypothesis is that there's been a decline in baseline immune activity with decreased exposure to pathogens, better sanitation, better treatment of infections, etc. But people don't know for sure. I'm not sure that it applies to the obesity crisis as temps have been declining over a longer time period than what seems to be involved in that. But it got me wondering if there's something like that that might have came into play later. My guess is no, that it's something else, but I could see how antibiotic use might somehow be involved.