Oh, so you're supposedly a science teacher in training, and you don't know how to do basic research? Here you go, kiddo. (Also, protip: no one owes you any fucking citations on the internet.)

You said that obesity is an eating disorder. It is not. Obesity is a calculation of weight to height, and that is all it is. Obesity has many causes. You assume that obesity is always caused by overeating, when that is not remotely the case.

"obesity is a function of being really unhealthily fat (right?)."

Underdevelopment, failure to thrive, and being overweight can actually all co-exist together. You act like they are some kind of mutually repellant anti-matter.

No, I have permanent metabolic damage and auto-immune problems.

No, I have permanent metabolic damage and auto-immune problems.

Ok, it's clear that reading comprehension is not your strong point. Possibly you're just really into lying. I never said you were anorexic, so accusing me of doing so is dishonest.

These claims have long been debunked by actual scientists.

Actually, there is a great deal of variation in metabolism between different people and even different regions. However, most medical research studies in the US are done on white men, a pretty homogenous group. This gives the layman the impression that there isn't much variation, when in fact there is a great deal.…

You are a total sack of shit.

Thyroid disease is not rare at all, let alone "very, very, very" rare. Thyroid disease in childhood is less common than in adults, but it is also not rare. I had thyroid disease as a child, but it went into remission when I was a teen, only to recur in my early 20s.

Your "information" is not actually backed by science. The idea of you teaching "science" is terrifying.

If you were really a big nerd about health and fitness, you would know that the stomach doesn't work the way you say it does. It is a slightly stretchy organ, which stretches to accommodate the food placed within it. It does not get "stretched out." It does not change its actual size and stretchability.

Oh and I forgot, also, being obese does not mean someone is eating more calories than they need.

"Eating less than maintenance is how you lose mass." Unless you eat too much less, in which case you can gain weight and be very tired all the time.

Obesity is not an eating disorder, nor does it mean the obese person has an eating disorder. I was totally behind you until this comment, but now YOU are the asshole.

It doesn't have to be an eating disorder. I find a full-sized apple to be very filling and I usually can't eat a whole one by myself.

You can be full on 1000 calories a day by having a small appetite, and because many vegetable foods are very bulky in the stomach.

"a girl can find it hard to even make 1000 calories a day because she gets so full on so much delicious stuff."

I have an actual, diagnosed by a doctor, thyroid condition. I also have an actual, diagnosed by a doctor, hypoglycemic condition. Those both caused me to gain a ton of weight while UNDEReating. The first clue to my thyroid disease was that I gained 70 pounds in 6 months, while my eating habits did not change.