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Overeating is not in fact the primary cause of obesity, according to a new perspective on weight gain published by scientists.
"NHS data suggests that more than 11,000 hospital admissions over 2018-19 were directly attributable to obesity - and that admissions where obesity was a factor was around two and half times more likely in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived areas.
A new paper explaining the causes has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, claiming there are fundamental flaws in the energy balance model, and tying obesity to the consumption of low-quality food and processed carbohydrates.
The authors argue that an alternate model, the carbohydrate-insulin model, better explains obesity and points the way to more effective and long-lasting weight management strategies.
Lead author Dr David Ludwig, an endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School, says that the energy balance model doesn't explain the biological causes of weight gain."
Overeating 'not the primary cause of obesity', claim scientists (msn.com)
They may be onto something, what do you think?
"NHS data suggests that more than 11,000 hospital admissions over 2018-19 were directly attributable to obesity - and that admissions where obesity was a factor was around two and half times more likely in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived areas.
A new paper explaining the causes has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, claiming there are fundamental flaws in the energy balance model, and tying obesity to the consumption of low-quality food and processed carbohydrates.
The authors argue that an alternate model, the carbohydrate-insulin model, better explains obesity and points the way to more effective and long-lasting weight management strategies.
Lead author Dr David Ludwig, an endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School, says that the energy balance model doesn't explain the biological causes of weight gain."
Overeating 'not the primary cause of obesity', claim scientists (msn.com)
They may be onto something, what do you think?