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Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1
Cupee, people that have not had to exercise to maintain weight X are not suddenly going to adopt exercise as a life style choice abracadabra.
I understand that.
But I also reject this CAUSATION argument by people who do not understand this is a correlation and not causative.
What Covid did, ...what Divorce often does, ...what many 'changes' do, is put people to a CHOICE.
In todays society when given that choice most today choose to do nothing or less and use it as an excuse as they eat worse, exercise less and fall into depression. That depression then becomes the trigger for repeating and deepening that cycle.
But lets not pretend that choice is pre determined as Tooth suggests.
Covid DOES cause things like severe or mild illness, taste loss, etc.
Covid DOES NOT cause weight gain in the masses.
There is a correlation but not a cause which people like Tooth fail to comprehend.
The main correlation is that over decades people have increasingly accepted obesity and find reasons to NOT exercise as opposed to exercise.
So the exact same person who you listened to for the last 10 years complaining how they cannot find any time to work out (don't blame me) as they have a job, commute and kids all who require their time are then suddenly given more time than they can deal with, thus triggering depression due to inactivity of the body and mind, now say 'I cannot work out as I have too much time and my routine is disrupted'.
Does anyone believe,. ANYONE, that the vast majority of covid weight gained will suddenly be lost if only we can get people back to their prior 'too busy' life? Or do we know the excuse will shift??
And i am not trying to use 'excuse' in a dismissive way but that is what it is. People accept excuses not to exercise today instead of reasons to exercise and our 50%+ obesity rate that is only skyrocketing is absolute proof of that.
Like it or not this trend below is NOT something we are hopeless trapped in to (the Causation Tooth thinks) and is in fact something society could tackle (correlations)...