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golergka10/11/20241 replyview on HN

> a system that requires obscene amounts of self-control if you wish to maintain physical health

That's million years of evolution with food scarcity and modern capitalist world which created unprecedented abundance of food (and other things). And before you compare it to Europe — europeans still smoke much more than americans. Tobacco is also just a chemical that decreases effects of obesity, just in a different form.


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soulbadguy10/11/2024

So that's your explanation ? European are slimmer because they smoke more ??

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