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You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds (www.npr.org)

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[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (15 children)

You can't outrun physics: calories in, calories out. The universe doesn't care about your genetics, doesn't care about your physical or mental health issues - it obeys the law of the land. If you burn more than you consume, you lose weight. If you consume more than you burn, you gain weight.

[–] xep@fedia.io -1 points 1 week ago

Are you a bomb calorimeter? A calorie is a unit of heat energy, how are you eating it? From the article itself:

"For decades we've been telling Americans that you're lazy, it's your fault, you're not moving enough, you're eating too much," Mozaffarian says. "And I think what this study shows is that there's really complicated biology happening and that our food is driving this."

It's not simple, nor is it straightforward. Our bodies are complex.

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