I do t think that people who “over eat”
Do so by so much that calries themselves count.
It’s the “strain” on the body by the excess fat that counts (heart pumping / clogged arteries etc)
So, let’s say someone over consumes 500 calries per day, or 3500 per week which is a 1lb of fat. Over one year that’s 52lbs or 3.7 stone - over 6 years that’s 300 extra lbs. There are very very few people who consume even at that level.
Over a 60 year lifetime there is not a lot of wriggle room if we think calries restriction is the way to go
I suspect it’s part of the “food is a class issue / some people are genetically disadvantaged / social taste as gatekeeper of power “ morass
It’s the “strain” on the body by the excess fat that counts (heart pumping / clogged arteries etc)
So, let’s say someone over consumes 500 calries per day, or 3500 per week which is a 1lb of fat. Over one year that’s 52lbs or 3.7 stone - over 6 years that’s 300 extra lbs. There are very very few people who consume even at that level.
Over a 60 year lifetime there is not a lot of wriggle room if we think calries restriction is the way to go
I suspect it’s part of the “food is a class issue / some people are genetically disadvantaged / social taste as gatekeeper of power “ morass