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by ThrustVectoring 4003 days ago
"Willpower" isn't the answer, either. Like, long-term expenditure of willpower isn't a good solution to any problem. I hope I didn't imply that that was my proposed solution.

Like, what I'm saying is that if you replaced the decision-making process for eating with an algorithm designed to bring someone to a specific body weight, that would basically solve the obesity problem.

To answer your question more directly, there may be nutritional solutions to the mental problems that lead to over-eating.