Talk:Obesity

Genetics as cause of being fat
The header of the "Causes" sections states that "A limited number of cases are due primarily to genetics, medical reasons, or psychiatric illness", while the subsection on genetics says that " The differences in BMI between people that are due to genetics varies depending on the population examined from 6% to 85%". The seperate article on genectics of besity at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_obesity says the same thing. This seems to me a fairly serious mismatch. Both sources (10.1093/epirev/mxm004 for the claim of 8% -85%, 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090954 for the "limtied" claim) are well cited, but the source for the limited claim doesn't actually adress genetics at all but is mostly concerned with food prices and calioric availability. I would suggest changing the header of the section from "A limited number of cases are due primarily to genetics, medical reasons, or psychiatric illness" to "Genetics contribute to obesity, with contributions between 6% and 85% reported depending on the examined population" (or something to this effect), citing 10.1093/epirev/mxm004. I feel that 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090954 is also not a good source for claums on "medical reasons or psychiatric illness" either, but am not sure how to reword this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:D4:770E:E9A2:58FC:FFD5:C647:8FF5 (talk) 09:52, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Protein to carbohydrate+fat ratio as cause of obesity
An excellent article about the cause of obesity by Simpson and Raubenheimer from 2005 with more than 300 citations: https://www.swissmilk.ch/fr/services/professionnels-de-la-sante/materiel-dinformation/low-carb-plus/-dl-/fileadmin/filemount/k/simpson-05-obesity-the-protein-leverage-hypothesis.pdf

Semi-protected edit request on 17 December 2022 (2)
I want to change the "Other factors" section because I think that more can be said about sleep deprivation's role regarding obesity. I have a reliable source from the Harvard School of Public Health. This is an assignment for school as well. I would add 1-2 sentences saying "Chronic sleep deprivation may lead to weight gain either by increasing how much food people eat or decreasing the energy that they burn". I would also add that sleep deprivation could decrease energy expenditure because people who don't get enough sleep are more tired during the day and as a result reduce their physical activity". Section I would like to change: "A number of reviews have found an association between short duration of sleep and obesity.[159][160] Whether one causes the other is unclear.[159] Even if short sleep does increase weight gain it is unclear if this is to a meaningful degree or if increasing sleep would be of benefit.[161]". Citation: “Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.” Obesity Prevention 	Source, https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/. Jhsgp (talk) 04:48, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please point specifically to the specific web page (or other source) where those claims are made? The main page at https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/ says nothing about sleep or sleep deprivation. Thanks. ParticipantObserver (talk) 09:08, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing edit request pending response Aaron Liu (talk) 21:14, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

NOVA episode.
There is a NOVA episode that may be helpful to the writers of this article, "The Truth About Fat". One of the topics it addresses is how Sumo wrestlers, who eat 10,000 calories per day in order to stay bulked up, are healthy. The episode is currently available to be seen on some "On Demand" functions and on YouTube on the "NOVA PBS Official" channel. Very interesting. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 01:33, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Causes of Obesity
￼Obesity 49.36.209.64 (talk) 07:45, 6 June 2024 (UTC)