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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As with many complex phenomena, it's obviously a combination of systemic failures and individual choices. We can't really control things like subsidies to the junk food industrial complex, but we do have some control over our individual choices. That is the point. When you go to a Super Walmart and spend your money on soda, that's a choice.[/quote]

Yes, exactly.  It's many things, but the only one we can control is what we eat.[/quote]

What we eat, by carefully weighing and measuring it all, to make sure we are inside of the narrow band of allowable calories that will maintain a healthy weight, despite the signals from your body that that's not enough, because that's what your hunger hormones are telling you. The level of control required of weight loss maintainers is significant. [/quote]

You cannot claim that all obese people have hormones telling them they are hungry all the time.  It is well known that many overweight people eat for emotional reasons - not because they are hungry.  Stress, anxiety, relationships, kids, work, depression, etc.  Go to any weight loss forum and you will hear people that eat because it makes them psychologically feel better, food is their best friend.  They eat well past the point of being satisfied from a physiological perspective.  They are feeding emotional needs.

That is why we also need more available mental health treatments in this country.  [/quote]

It’s not all drama. Food is entertainment.  And even good food is cheap compared to many hobbies.  So when rich people are bored they can pick up a game of golf or go shopping but when poor people are bored they can eat chips.

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https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db50.htm

Among men, obesity prevalence is generally similar at all income levels, however, among non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American men those with higher income are more likely to be obese than those with low income.
Higher income women are less likely to be obese than low income women, but most obese women are not low income.
There is no significant trend between obesity and education among men. Among women, however, there is a trend, those with college degrees are less likely to be obese compared with less educated women.
Between 1988–1994 and 2007–2008 the prevalence of obesity increased in adults at all income and education levels.
In 2007–2008 more than one-third of United States adults were obese (1). Obese individuals are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and certain cancers, among other conditions (2). Some studies have shown a relationship between obesity prevalence and socioeconomic status measured as educational level or income (3,4). This data brief presents the most recent national data on obesity in United States adults and its association with poverty income ratio (PIR) and education level. Results are presented by sex and race and ethnicity.

Keywords: adults, obesity, income, education

Among men, obesity prevalence is generally similar at all income levels, with a tendency to be slightly higher at higher income levels.

Most obese adults are not low income (below 130% of the poverty level).[/quote]

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