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My theory is fairly broad and vague, but your comment has taken those two things to an extreme.

• dontlaugh 3y ago
  I'm just pointing out that your theory is trivially disproven. An excess of comfort is probably still bad, but I doubt it's the main cause of obesity.
  • agumonkey 3y ago
    It all hinges on how we define comfort. A comfy villager 500 years ago, with fruits and meat nearby was probably never really hungry, but, I'd argue: - never the amount of processed calories at hand - had to consume these calories on a regular basis.. no vehicles, no powered tools except the occasional mill, most things required walking of lifting
    • amanaplanacanal 3y ago
      Obesity in the US didn’t really start taking off until the 1970s. There are plenty of people still alive from the before times. I believe that studies have been done, and people aren’t generally less active now than they were then.
      • agumonkey 3y ago
        But the generations prior didn't necessarily have a car. And a lot of jobs were manual labour. I know that since I dropped using a car I'm living very different days. Less fat, better cardio, more calm.