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Noted. For reference, I've very much tried to design Fella to tackle all the root causes of obesity, which vary person to person: metabolic condition, stress, s
by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Noted. For reference, I've very much tried to design Fella to tackle all the root causes of obesity, which vary person to person: metabolic condition, stress, sleep, exercise, food types & volume, and hormone imbalances.
- noduerme 5y agoBeyond personal causes like metabolism or diet, there've been some fascinating discussions here in the past few months about why technologically advanced societies seem to have an exponential obesity problem starting around 1980, relative to other cultures that exercise less and take in more calories. I can't find the thread. But it definitely bears consideration. I think the view would be that hacking your way partially out of a problem isn't necessarily bad, but we've seen decades of data used to incorrectly imply one chain of causality or another and there's a larger problem to solve than a drug or a tummy tuck can tackle.
- rich-cartwright 5y agoYep more research being done on the hormone imbalance side. Nascent area though.
- BizarroLand 5y agoThere's also recent evidence that consuming fructose increases your intestine's absorption of nutrients from the food you consume. The rapid integration of fructose into everyday foods (i.e. high fructose corn syrup being put into bread & sauces as a bulking / thickening agent) may be connected to the western world obesity crises.
- rich-cartwright 5y agoDidn't know this! Assume it's this study: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02195-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02195-1 Was posted on HN 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28239113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28239113 (in case other people want to check it out)