I can imagine this: people who fall in love often speak of instant recognition that they have with their potential partner. With a genetic family member, I imagine that there is a similar instant recognition that the author describes. We have no model for this in a platonic fashion and so, perhaps, the circuits get…

Yes, because clearly the analogy is that when there's traffic deaths we don't ask people to drive more carefully. Oh wait, no, we do. But we also do actual research to try to solve the problem in the most efficient way possible, rather than throwing our hands in the air screaming "why won't people stop falling asleep…

Find something to enjoy (you know, like a hobby) in life beside shoving bad food in your mouth, scrolling through reddit and binge watching Netflix

You hit the nail on the head! Your points go against conventional wisdom, so they will be difficult for people to accept. I have come to believe everything you say, by hearing similar things over and over again from people who do get it on the My Fitness Pal community. I know it's hard for people to accept because…

Have you seen this recent article? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/…

Do you mean the specific wording, or the general message? Because I don't see anything immature about saying "You're not invited. You treated me like shit my whole life, and I have no desire to ever see you again."

Though I do agree with the poster pointing out that you better be sure it was actually them leaning on…

And that's the real fear, not looking good.

It doesn't require magazine articles, this exact thing will be happening in the comments within the half hour.

I have no doubt this invite was cheaper than therapy. I agree with you in a way, for nice normal little happy families who have their little spat, this would be ugly and loud. For someone who was abused for years, this may have been the best way to express their feelings and well deserved to the people who received…

Is this going to lead to more magazine articles about how awful it is when these terrible narcissistic, entitled children cut off their parents just for subjecting them to year after year of abuse?

I wouldn't say necessarily "overeating" as much as I'd say "unhealthy eating." You can eat a completely reasonable amount of crappy food and clock 3k calories a day. But you're right: the vast majority of obesity is due to poor diet. Exercise doesn't even matter that much. Exercise is good for your body, but for…

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-med…

I think his claims are backed up by the Sanctimony Pony.

This is completely untrue, and it's also why obesity and poverty are inextricably linked. They are all complex matters. I'd argue that the topic of obesity suffers more because it has the guise of being simple, when it's really not.

If the plan is for short term weight loss then yes the move more eat less mantra works. However people are fighting millions of years of evolution telling them to work less, eat more. Winning that primal drive isn't nearly so easy for most people. Then we pile on that the food industry long ago figured out how to…

From a mathematics perspective, yes.

I find the easiest way for me to stick to my diet is to not cut out foods that I like. I did stop drinking all sugary drinks, because you can really get by without those, and they are just so many empty calories. But, food wise, I just try to stick to portion control. I cut down beer to one day a week. Allow a "cheat"…

I'm curious about the relationship between intestinal bacteria and obesity.

Hi Dyanne,