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Didn't finish reading this, but was this data controlled for physical activity? In many developing countries, women are caretakers for the home and mostly stay

Didn't finish reading this, but was this data controlled for physical activity? In many developing countries, women are caretakers for the home and mostly stay home while men go outdoors for work, especially physical.

imanaccount 12y ago
No. This isn't a real study, this is a "we were given a result and told to make up a poor justification for it".
Shivetya 12y ago
Yeah I am wondering this too. This has all the hallmarks of HAES / FA type logic. Activity levels and expected roles does have a lot to do with weight gain. Now perhaps there is some truth that estrogen may make it more difficult for women to keep off weight but its not the reason they are fat Fatness in the this century is due to an abundance of processed food that is readily available and has simple storage needs. Combine that with an abundance of idle time, especially urban poor, and its not a good mix. I love going through photo archives and the one thing that stood out is the lack of obesity, its like the people taking photos went out of their way to not show it. Welcome to the world of Wall-E. People are going to have to adapt, those selling packaged food will need to adapt, so that we don't end up there.
- Houshalter 12y ago
  This is the widely accepted theory but it doesn't explain everything. For example, lab animals have actually gotten fatter over time as well, and they are eating carefully measured diets and living in controlled conditions. Diets are also not effective at losing weight. People rarely stay on them, and a fat person must eat significantly fewer calories, not just the same amount, than a normal person to maintain a healthy weight. Their metabolisms resemble those of starving people, the body desperately trying to return itself to it's "normal" weight. Likewise normal people fed lots of food to become fat, quickly return to their previous weight after they stop. Genetic studies find obesity is more heritable than nearly any other condition including mental illness, breast cancer, and heart disease. It also appears to be affected by epigenetics. If your grandmother was starving you have a higher probability of becoming obese.

imanaccount 12y ago

No. This isn't a real study, this is a "we were given a result and told to make up a poor justification for it".

Shivetya 12y ago

Yeah I am wondering this too. This has all the hallmarks of HAES / FA type logic. Activity levels and expected roles does have a lot to do with weight gain. Now perhaps there is some truth that estrogen may make it more difficult for women to keep off weight but its not the reason they are fat Fatness in the this century is due to an abundance of processed food that is readily available and has simple storage needs. Combine that with an abundance of idle time, especially urban poor, and its not a good mix. I love going through photo archives and the one thing that stood out is the lack of obesity, its like the people taking photos went out of their way to not show it. Welcome to the world of Wall-E. People are going to have to adapt, those selling packaged food will need to adapt, so that we don't end up there.

Houshalter 12y ago
This is the widely accepted theory but it doesn't explain everything. For example, lab animals have actually gotten fatter over time as well, and they are eating carefully measured diets and living in controlled conditions. Diets are also not effective at losing weight. People rarely stay on them, and a fat person must eat significantly fewer calories, not just the same amount, than a normal person to maintain a healthy weight. Their metabolisms resemble those of starving people, the body desperately trying to return itself to it's "normal" weight. Likewise normal people fed lots of food to become fat, quickly return to their previous weight after they stop. Genetic studies find obesity is more heritable than nearly any other condition including mental illness, breast cancer, and heart disease. It also appears to be affected by epigenetics. If your grandmother was starving you have a higher probability of becoming obese.