Obesity Villains, Inadequate Premises, and Unclear Conclusions
Today’s post checks out the remaining causes that were examined in a 2009 paper, to see how they have held up over time.
Sleep Debt, an Obesity Villain Suspect
Does sleep duration affect the biological mediators of energy homeostasis and appetite? Apparently, yes.
Obesity Villains Examined
Over the years, Childhood Obesity News has pointed the finger at numerous villains who share varying degrees of culpability for obesity.
Obesity Villains Exonerated
This is an extension of the recent post that discusses a 2009 paper that looked closely at many accepted or alleged causes of obesity.
Obesity Villains Reconsidered
Obesity appears to follow the pattern of having not only a gigantic, pervasive cause or two, but an arsenal of little tricks to bring people under its sway.
Is Assortative Mating an Obesity Villain?
Unlike many other factors suggested as obesity villains, assortative mating has increased rapidly and recently.
Obesity Villains Maybe, Indoors and Out
Celebrity chefs or obesity villains? You decide. Over the years, a number of “niche” obesity causes have been mooted, some of them pretty weird.
More Alleged Obesity Villains
Many substances have been suspected of contributing to childhood obesity, and antacid medications are among them. Grilling is also said to be problematic.
Obscure Purported Obesity Villains
Well over 100 substances, practices, and societal conditions have been blamed for contributing to the growth of childhood obesity.
Divorce As Obesity Villain
Various studies spotlighted links between child obesity and the mealtime quarreling, breakfast skipping, binge eating, and compulsive overeating.