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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Caloric density is a thing, and a reminder that evolution only requires us to reproduce. After we are done reproducing almost all “survival” aspects are irrelevant.
The only reason we have to live quite a bit longer than other species is because our young take a really long time to become self-sufficient.
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