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Why Is Food "Addiction" So Controversial?
I'm probably opening the biggest can of worms ever, but here goes. First, my position: I don't actually have a strong position on this. But I'm always curious when I see other posters have such very …11 -
Re: Height-ism?
Oh, I'm in now way suggesting that a preference for height isn't "real" or that it doesn't make sense in some primitive way. I'm just wondering why it's OK to be overt with that and not wit…7 -
Re: Why Is Food "Addiction" So Controversial?
I remembered another wrinkle to this discussion that sometimes (often?) comes up in these parts. It's the two-step shuffle from "food addiction" to "the food-industrial complex is whol…10 -
Re: Is BMI an accurate way to know how much I should weigh?
I often see folks arguing against the concept of BMI, but in their argument they seem to have an erroneous impression of what BMI actually is. Therefore, I think it's useful to go straight to a relia…9 -
Re: Why Is Food "Addiction" So Controversial?
So your thesis is: "If you cannot live without X, then you also cannot be addicted to X." Is that rooted in the science of addiction, or is it more of a philosophical position? Honest quest…15