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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
Most people have no medical reasons to why they are fat, but then again as a culture, we do little to give support to those who are at risk for overeating, not to mention we are very spoiled as a culture. Look at countries that aren't as "lucky" as we are in North America, and you will see that there are almost no fat people. You don't see too many fat Africans, or Mongolians, or South American Indians. They have entirely different cultures, they don't have the "temptations" available to them, etc. One thing that is interesting to see that as communities become more "civilized" and "modernized", how quickly the general population develops an obesity problem. There's more to it than each individual, but in the end it boils down to each individual. Sort of a catch 22.
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its still math. period. there is no escaping the simple math. food has calories. calories are energy. your body requires energy. you eat calories for energy. at the end of the day, there is a surplus of calories, a deficit of calories or no change. you can't eat 1500 calories a day, burn 1500 calories a day and gain weight. that's just not possible.
everyone is "at risk for overeating" - but most people understand the basic principles of nutrition and the consequences of eating too much, eating what you actually want, when you want etc. ;)