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1 February 2021

Stephan GuyenetKorrents 1 Feb 2021

From one piece Does energy imbalance (calories in > out) cause obesity? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Common obesity is not caused by a slow metabolism: people with obesity burn more energy, not less.

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This tells us that common obesity is not the result of a reduced metabolic rate– a common but erroneous belief.

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The brain, not insulin or fat tissue, is what ultimately controls the energy balance equation.

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However, whichever side of the energy balance equation is giving orders, the brain appears to be the commander-in-chief of the equation as a whole.

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Energy imbalance is a necessary link in the causal chain of obesity: there is no other way for the extra energy to arrive in the body.

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No matter what your model of obesity is, in order to explain the development of an obese body, energy imbalance has to be a link in the model’s causal chain.

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