Lumifer comments on Outside the Laboratory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 16 December 2013 09:47:00PM 2 points [-]

People generally overeat not because the food is too yummy. People generally overeat for hormonal and psychological reasons.

What is your hypothesis for why obesity rates have exploded to such an extent in the last several decades?

Comment author: Lumifer 16 December 2013 10:17:34PM 0 points [-]

What is your hypothesis for why obesity rates have exploded to such an extent in the last several decades?

Oh, dear. There are what, a few dozens of books on the topic, not to mention uncountable papers and articles?

I think it's complicated and not attributable to a single easy-to-isolate factor.