[munk-a]

Obesity is strongly tied in with the fact that the food we're consuming is unhealthy - rather than the fact that it's purely excessive. One of those unhealthy factors is an overabundance of sugar and salt both of which fight satiation fueling the brain to overeat.

We have plenty of food, but we've turned a large portion of it into unhealthy crap.

[illvm]

That's interesting-- I hadn't heard that sugar or salt might counter satiation. I have seen a bit of correlation between sugar intake combined with fat intake, though. Which makes sense some given fast food menu items (high fat food + a soda).

Do you have any links to papers about salt and fat counteracting satiation?

[econcon]

I think everyone can benefit from eating less irrespective of if they are consuming fast food or very clean diet.

A lot of people use food for emotional pain management. Consuming food releases dopamine which is same as taking a drug hit.

My girlfriend used to be obese and I learned she felt very lonely and when we got into relationship - she got lot better and now she's very fit.