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		bioemerl on Jan 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned res... I think we need to really stress here just how bad our situation is. We have an obesity rate of 40 plus percent. Peoples weight just cannot be said to be a "natural number" in this environment. Something is causing this and your average person is obese because of it, not because of their "natural weight"

rootusrootus on Jan 4, 2023 | [–]

We won't solve it so long as we think of it as a moral issue.

JamesBarney on Jan 4, 2023 | [–]

It's both, the difference between ourselves and our grandparents is almost all environment. The difference between 2 high school students in 2023 Susy and Bob is driven almost completely by genetics.

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