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Typically, when controlled studies are done on this, "naturally skinny" people systematically over-estimate their dietary calories and "naturally fat" people sy
by jacques_chester 12y ago
Typically, when controlled studies are done on this, "naturally skinny" people systematically over-estimate their dietary calories and "naturally fat" people systematically under-estimate.
Under controlled conditions there is variation, but it is actually pretty modest. And it can be swamped by a habit of buying one Starbucks sugarcreamacino per day.
- nitrogen 12y agoSo the question isn't how do we get people to eat less food and exercise more, it's how do we get them to want less food and want to exercise? How can we turn the overestimators into underestimators?
- jacques_chester 12y agoThis is where I think the change in environment is important. Food is cheaper, more easily available and calorically denser. Physical activity is down. Sleep quality and quantity have diminished. Psychologists have done a lot of work on motivations, but mostly focusing on pathological cases which -- by their nature -- are the most difficult and irregular.