I'm sorry but I don't buy it. I'm not obese, most people I know are not obese and they are all exposed to the same modern, engineered food that obese people are. I'm not claiming that hormonal disruption doesn't influences it nor am I saying the modern Western diet is any good for you, but I will claim that the majority of obesity, from my limited life experience, comes from lack of self control.
If one exercised discipline and consumed 1500 kcal of even modern, terrible, HFCS-infused food, they would not get fat. Period. They won't necessarily be healthy, but they will not be overweight.
Anyway, this argument is not novel nor is it in the scope of this thread. Just wanted to say congratulations to the OP.
I _am_ obese and I don't buy it either. I've lost 40 pounds over the past 3 years following a scaled down version of the exact same plan as in the post. And I've gained 5 back over the past 3 months by being lax.
There are many people who do have legitimate health problems that cause obesity, sure. But the vast majority of us fat folk (I still hover around 280) eat too much and move too little.
If one exercised discipline and consumed 1500 kcal of even modern, terrible, HFCS-infused food, they would not get fat. Period. They won't necessarily be healthy, but they will not be overweight.
Anyway, this argument is not novel nor is it in the scope of this thread. Just wanted to say congratulations to the OP.