Obesity

An environmentally caused ill health situation. Humans eat a lot and eat cookies. Too many. Except some stay thin.

What’s the deal with obesity? We all like to eat. We snack and eat meals.

I have chocolates on my desk. I want to eat one – why? I will enjoy tasting it – swallowing it. Perhaps I also like feelings that come after – blood sugar changes – mood? Energy? It is the most natural thing for animals to eat – especially mammals – all day is a quest for food.

It seems as if for most people, they like eating too much to be worth stopping.

The Unsolved Obesity Problem

Possible solutions

1.      Stop eating meals - only eat when necessary.

2.      Is it helpful to identify causes of eating? Does it matter?

3.      Plan B CPS eating? Plan A would be a strict diet, plan C would be eat whatever whenever. Negotiate with yourself?

4.      Fear of being hungry and the torment -

5.      Portion size – why do we feel content when having “the whole thing”

Perhaps the adhd brain craves glucose so they eat carbs and sugar – but this is reduced when on a stimulant because there is a correction of the glucose shortage?

Easy to track food at work at a computer, not so much at home or out...

Do the donuts cause weight gain or something else?

Maybe it’s habits. Maybe it’s set point. Probably obesity is a highly complex condition with no simple solutions.

What about "Eat as little as you can stand without giving up because its too hard."

Why are we so blind to the widespread problem of obesity affecting so many of our society? It has become acceptable.

References

https://slate.com/technology/2015/03/diets-do-not-work-the-thin-evidence-that-losing-weight-makes-you-healthier.html

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-40989-001.html

http://mannlab.psych.umn.edu/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/obesity-research-confirms-long-term-weight-loss-almost-impossible-1.2663585

Rothblum, Esther. (2018). Slim Chance for Permanent Weight Loss. Archives of Scientific Psychology. 6. 63-69. 10.1037/arc0000043.