Obesity

[Zargabaath]

Now my question is, what do you think the main cause for it is, and do you think that if people had no sense of taste, would they opt for the healthier choices, since all food would taste the same?

Suicide.


For a more serious take on the matter. It is not necessarily the food that is causing obesity but the lifestyle. Back in the day people ate unhealthy food, my grandmother has told me that there would be fat covering a pork roast over a pit that would be dripping. That had a lot more fat than what is currently accustomed. The catch back in the day was their physical activities were a lot more taxing causing calories, fat, & any other bad thing to burn off.

With cars in abundance and the American economy becoming more service oriented than manufacturing there are less jobs that are physically demanding. Television makes people sit around which does not provide exercise. Maybe humans should always work out while watching tv, like boxing or sumo wrestling. Instead of walking to the park to see live football, people stay home or go to a sport's club to watch the game. With the internet a person doesn't really need to even go to a store to shop for certain merchandise; they got to make groceries but that is not everyday. So with the general lifestyle humans can not eat as they once did. Unless they want to start walking to work, in the snow, uphill, & the walk back home, in the snow & uphill (they just keep getting higher till the break the atmosphere).

[GypsyElder]

For a more serious take on the matter. It is not necessarily the food that is causing obesity but the lifestyle. ....

With cars in abundance and the American economy becoming more service oriented than manufacturing there are less jobs that are physically demanding. Television makes people sit around which does not provide exercise. Maybe humans should always work out while watching tv, like boxing or sumo wrestling. Instead of walking to the park to see live football, people stay home or go to a sport's club to watch the game. With the internet a person doesn't really need to even go to a store to shop for certain merchandise; they got to make groceries but that is not everyday. So with the general lifestyle humans can not eat as they once did. Unless they want to start walking to work, in the snow, uphill, & the walk back home, in the snow & uphill (they just keep getting higher till the break the atmosphere).

This. I think it has more to do with lifestyle and lack of activity. The question should be "if we took away cars, television and the internet would people lose weight?"

On the taste thing:
Even if we lost sense of taste, the food that's easiest to get is what we would probably eat. Why would you spend extra money on something healthier, or go out of your way for food that all taste the same? Taste does have a lot to do with unhealthy food choices since the food that taste the best is usually the most unhealthy, but imo losing your sense of taste would probably make it worse since you wouldn't even have preferences anymore. (unless you based food consumed off of smell) and even then, I don't think vegetables smell better than double fudge chocolate cake. At least with taste you probably have some food preferences that are healthy. If you take that away it's all just food, eat whatever to survive.