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Anorexics seem to do it just fine, except of course maybe they overdo it a tad.

People with anorexia may create altered gut biome that strengthens the anorexia.

http://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v4/n10/full/tp201498a.html

Also, it's a mental illness so it's not a fucking choice.

Er, I'm aware?

Look, my point is that it's possible to eat fewer calories, but it's not necessarily easy to do it in a way that doesn't harm you. It's not suppressing appetite that is really complicated, it's reducing calories and staying on top in terms of nutrition.

And the universal increase in obesity in the west doesn't matter? The idea that voluntary dietary restrictions might have any effect on public health is ludicrous. If that strategy could work, it would have already worked. Do you think many obese people _want_ to be obese?

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