A Chemical Hunger

Historic societies had a large carbohydrate intake but were still lean.

Carb intake has decreased over time while weight has continued to increase.

High and low glycemic index diets appears to have a negligible result on weight loss.

Obesity as an issue with the lipostat; body becomes unable to realize its weight is wrong and mass needs to be purged.

Lithium correlate with weight gains.

Humans outside of industrialized society have remained thin. Animals in captivity within industrial society have begun to gain weight.

Pacific island nations have significantly higher degrees of obesity (~80%) while mainland nations are closer to 40%.

Theoretical model of obesity as water contamination; areas with water that travels farther has fatter citizens.

Fecal transplants in to mice showed that transplanting fecal bacteria from a fat person would make mice fatter and a thin person would make a mouse thinner.

Consumption of less animal products correlates to lower BMI.

Body fat indices may be superior to BMI but data is less available.

Studies with overweight and lean subjects and nutrient paste showed that people seemed to consume overweight patients were consuming for vitamins; dilution and enrichment showed consumption continued until nutrient requirements were met.

Testing if overweight due to food tasting good ("palatability") showed that weight control is immune to eating bland food.

"Being poor does not make you obese but being obese makes you poor."

Thin women were more likely to recieve good jobs and have access to wealthy husbands.