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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We will remain a deeply troubled society as long as we deny science and assert that ‘willpower’ and ‘character’ are actual things that are stronger than intricately evolved hormones functioning in a biological being.

Nova on PBS just did a couple of episodes on neuroscience called Your Brain. They are designed for non scientists to grasp and reveal the complexities of the human brain and the reality that so much of what we think we are is just not true.

The obesity epidemic is a biological response to a broken food system that is entirely predictable given what we already know about how the human body works, including the brain and gut. Thin people are accidents of genetics and quite often not healthy - weight is not determinative of health, all the research bears that out.

Folks here who settle on an attitude of superiority because they haven’t fallen victim to the obesity epidemic are just proving how ignorant they are of science and when they argue at the science they just prove that they are willfully ignorant which is about the worst ‘character’ a person can develop in life. [/quote]

Blah blah blah "deny science" blah blah blah. People eat too much. Portions are too big. Food is too processed. It really is that simple.

Your post ain't about science. Science isn't a pearl clutching word you bandy about to pretend you have legitimacy when in reality your post is filled with personal belief, not scientific data.

Anyway, if pills help fat people lose weight, I'm all for it. Fat people are at high risk for significant health problems. Fat shaming is important because the obesity crisis is ridiculous. [/quote]

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