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Obesity is not due to an eating disorder, it's due to sedentary lifestyles, pedestrian hostile neighborhoods, and market forces in the food industry.
by itronitron 3y ago
Obesity is not due to an eating disorder, it's due to sedentary lifestyles, pedestrian hostile neighborhoods, and market forces in the food industry.
- sph 3y ago> Obesity is not due to an eating disorder Wrong. Not in most cases, but binge eating disorder is a thing.
- hmmokidk 3y agoIME it is usually mental health related.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoHonestly, most of the people I know who have serious problems with obesity have some kind of metabolic disorder. Diabetic or pre-diabetic. And I think this has become far more common than people will admit. We're burning out our pancreases through processed & high sugar, low-GI foods because the industrial food supply is poorly managed and under-regulated. That plus cars.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoObesity can take the form of an eating disorder, but I can tell you that teenage girls aren't "pinning" photos of morbidly obese people and ending up in a spiral that lands them in hospital. But I hope parent commenter never has to live personally through finding out just how life destroying the predominant cultural attitudes around body form & food around us are. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Obesity is by far the least of concerns.