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LupeDyCazari t1_j0v61gq wrote

...I'm pretty sure the reason why people are obese is because they want to be, though?

No one is putting a gun against their heads and forcing them to eat the trash they eat in enormous quantities.

I'm a middle-aged man in my thirties and I'm literally wearing the same jeans I bought at the age of 18 as a college freshman, and it still fits me perfectly.

I've never been to a gym before, I don't run or do any physical exercise other than walking, and here i am, still slim enough to star in a Japanese movie as the top-billed star.

So... people are fat because they choose to be so. It's not my problem, and I honestly don't care about the people who are destroying their own bodies because they are spoiled and selfish.

I do worry and feel bad about the people who are born with genetic defects and health issues. It ain't their fault they are the way they are.

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hypatiatextprotocol t1_j0wqe09 wrote

  1. "I'm thin..."

  2. "... so people are fat because they choose to be."

Anecdotes do not equal data. Stories about you and your family are not enough to form an entire theory of weight management for a whole species. Many scientists have done actual research in this field so that you don't need to draw conclusions based on your personal experience.

Your body isn't the same as every body. There are genetic components to weight, as well as extensive medical and medication factors that either cause weight gain or make weight loss difficult. I've already listed twenty in this thread, information about which is available in a fast, easy Google search.

People don't understand weight because they choose not to.

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