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Pete
07-26-2012, 05:23
Hunter gatherer clue to obesity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18985141

"The idea that exercise is more important than diet in the fight against obesity has been contradicted by new research.

A study of the Hadza tribe, who still exist as hunter gatherers, suggests the amount of calories we need is a fixed human characteristic................"

An interesting study of an interesting culture. Eat less - who da' thunk it?

Streck-Fu
07-26-2012, 05:53
Wow, that required new research?

Even well after society moved away from hunter-gathers obeisty was not a probablem. Only in the least several decades when the availabilty of easy calories spiked combined with a shift in industry from production to predominantly service did obesity become an issue.

mark46th
07-26-2012, 08:13
It's all about calories in. You can eat anything you want, you can't eat as much as you want.