[HN Gopher] The study of obesity is the study of mysteries
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       The study of obesity is the study of mysteries
        
       Author : hncurious
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2021-08-20 19:34 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | magneticnorth wrote:
       | Their environmental contaminant hypothesis is very interesting
       | and seems like it could be further confirmed or disproved with
       | more data.
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       | Can we link childhood obesity to areas with particularly high
       | rates of some kind of industrial contamination? (Poverty as a
       | confounding effect may make this hard)
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       | If the watershed is part of the mechanism, can we confirm lower
       | obesity rates in areas without much industrial pollution that
       | have similar diet & exercise to obese areas? (Independent of the
       | already-mentioned altitude effects)
        
       | cjlars wrote:
       | Thirteen thousand words and no discussion of the elephant in the
       | room: 95% of Americans don't eat enough fiber. Fiber is the bulk
       | that keeps you full between meals and that bulk -- quite
       | literally -- helps prevent overeating. If 19/20 people aren't
       | even getting their macronutrient balance right, perhaps we should
       | start there.
        
         | amanaplanacanal wrote:
         | You would have to show that people 50 years ago were getting
         | more fiber than people are now for that to even be something
         | worth researching.
        
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