I understand food wasn’t always so abundant, and humans were well served to store excess consumed energy as fat for later use. What I don’t understand is why the body keeps storing fat to the point where a person becomes morbidly obese and it puts their entire health at risk. Why isn’t there a point where the body just let’s the extra calories pass through without saving for later?
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Humans did not evolve with unlimited food available effortlessly.
The body is optimized to work in conditions where food is either scarce, or required effort to acquire.
In conditions where a body will overeat without having to spend any energy, the good old strategy backfires, and stored energy limits body’s capabilities.
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