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by hueving 3460 days ago
Yes, they choose because of poor diet choices, nobody is hooking up a tube of big macs to their faces. A quarter of the entire US population didn't suddenly catch a disease and become obese.

Being sedentary and taking in 2500 calories a day is definitely a choice. A very small percentage of obese people have hunger as extreme as your 5 cookie box example. All it takes is not paying attention to caloric intake over a long period like 5 years.
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linuxkerneldev 3460 days ago
> A quarter of the entire US population didn't suddenly catch a disease and become obese.

Please explain how your statement of fact is true considering that this cited paper is stating that there is such a disease and possibly some portion of that population obesity is a product of this disease.

"Adv36 causes obesity in animals. In humans, Adv36 associates with obesity both in adults and children and the prevalence of Adv36 increases in relation to the body mass index."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517116/

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hueving 3460 days ago
> possibly some portion of that population obesity is a product of this disease

Please state how "possibly some portion" is supposed to have any meaning whatsoever.

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Smaug123 3460 days ago
I'm not expressing an opinion about the causes of the current obesity problem, but your comment had the opposite effect on me than the effect you wanted.

"A quarter of the entire US population didn't suddenly catch a disease and become obese."

Why not? When you put it that way, it strikes me as pretty implausible that 'a quarter of the entire US population suddenly became lazy and started stuffing their faces for no good reason'. Epidemics have happened frequently before; bouts of mass overeating are historically rare.

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bonzini 3460 days ago
It happens a fraction of a percent at a time. Let a population increase their caloric intake by 0.2% a year, while their lives get more and more sedentary, and you will get an obesity epidemic in less than 30 years.
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raquo 3460 days ago
"Unrestricted junk food marketing + 100% sedentary lifestyle between sitting in the office, driving, and watching TV" explains mass obesity trends better than anything else, no pandemic needed.
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hueving 3460 days ago
>Why not?

Because it's obviously not contagious (diseases don't honor human defined borders). It's the culture of junk food and giant meals.

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