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>Is discipline why some other countries have a lot more skinny people than the US? Yeah, I think it is. It's easier to be in bad shape than good shape. I'm cu

>Is discipline why some other countries have a lot more skinny people than the US? Yeah, I think it is. It's easier to be in bad shape than good shape. I'm curious what you think it is?

pmarreck 1y ago
It's 4 inputs, actually. 1) The culture (active, passive). Example: Germany, where people bike a lot more since gas costs so much; and ironically, their shitty Internet and cell service negatively impacts the phenomenon of everyone being glued to a screen. I think they're actually proud of it, at this point? Anyway, they're WAY fitter (despite, or perhaps partly because of, eating meats for breakfast instead of cereals!) 2) The food environment (preservatives, fructose, hidden carbs, bad artificial sweeteners, salts in everything, big serving portions, or more all-natural stuff) 3) Genes- There are literally over 500 discovered that affect your equilibrium weight. 251 genetic markers have been linked to sport-related traits (though only about half have been replicated in multiple studies). 13 genes have been identified so far that affect how the body responds to different types of exercise, including cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. 4) And finally, there is willpower/discipline. Which is a finite resource, by the way, that gets resupplied by sleep and downtime, and which often needs to be drawn on for other things (like work and childrearing). Think of it as a dial. In the middle, you stay the same weight. Tilt it slightly to the right (which is all too easy to do), and you are on a weight-gain schedule. Tilt it slightly to the left, and you will lose over time. If you're working against (1), (2), and (3), then (4) becomes MUCH harder to do.
alabastervlog 1y ago
So... why do so many of them gain weight when they move to the US? Again, are they walking through some kind of anti-willpower field on the way in? Do fat Americans gain willpower when they move to another country and lose weight? Signs point toward a broad set of factors, mostly outside one's personal control, in one's environment mattering more than willpower.
- mc3301 1y ago
  It is the food. American food and beverages, ultra-processed, large portions, available everywhere and cheaper that healthy alternatives, non-satiating so you have to eat more... In every single area of the world that gets introduced to such food, people become overweight and obese.

>Is discipline why some other countries have a lot more skinny people than the US? Yeah, I think it is. It's easier to be in bad shape than good shape. I'm curious what you think it is?

pmarreck 1y ago

It's 4 inputs, actually. 1) The culture (active, passive). Example: Germany, where people bike a lot more since gas costs so much; and ironically, their shitty Internet and cell service negatively impacts the phenomenon of everyone being glued to a screen. I think they're actually proud of it, at this point? Anyway, they're WAY fitter (despite, or perhaps partly because of, eating meats for breakfast instead of cereals!) 2) The food environment (preservatives, fructose, hidden carbs, bad artificial sweeteners, salts in everything, big serving portions, or more all-natural stuff) 3) Genes- There are literally over 500 discovered that affect your equilibrium weight. 251 genetic markers have been linked to sport-related traits (though only about half have been replicated in multiple studies). 13 genes have been identified so far that affect how the body responds to different types of exercise, including cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. 4) And finally, there is willpower/discipline. Which is a finite resource, by the way, that gets resupplied by sleep and downtime, and which often needs to be drawn on for other things (like work and childrearing). Think of it as a dial. In the middle, you stay the same weight. Tilt it slightly to the right (which is all too easy to do), and you are on a weight-gain schedule. Tilt it slightly to the left, and you will lose over time. If you're working against (1), (2), and (3), then (4) becomes MUCH harder to do.

alabastervlog 1y ago

So... why do so many of them gain weight when they move to the US? Again, are they walking through some kind of anti-willpower field on the way in? Do fat Americans gain willpower when they move to another country and lose weight? Signs point toward a broad set of factors, mostly outside one's personal control, in one's environment mattering more than willpower.

mc3301 1y ago
It is the food. American food and beverages, ultra-processed, large portions, available everywhere and cheaper that healthy alternatives, non-satiating so you have to eat more... In every single area of the world that gets introduced to such food, people become overweight and obese.