army1987 comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atkins Redux - Less Wrong

6 Post author: ChrisHallquist 30 December 2013 12:58AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 December 2013 01:17:00PM 0 points [-]

You may be on to something with the "putting things into your body" theory, though I think another piece is that fat% has a fairly clear effect on appearance, while people can be quite athletic without showing it.

People who are fat and sedentary don't look quite like that (e.g. worse posture).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 31 December 2013 01:21:52PM 0 points [-]

I believe you, and I should have been more exact.

From what I've read, most people can't tell the difference by looking between a fat person who exercises and a fat person who doesn't.