Why do people eat things that they know are going to make them over weight or "FAT"?
472031
We eat these things because somewhere in our brains is a trigger that says "ohhhhh, that tastes good, MORE!!!"\n\nI have seen the movie. Its ok.\n\nBut have you ever noticed how many people in the medical field (those who should know better) are obese and/or smoke.\n\nOh and by the way...I weighed 200 pounds when I started working at Mcdonalds and I now weigh around 125 pounds...I was eating there at a minimum of five days a week.
802811
some people are born with good genes and have been reared in an environment where food is a neccesity and not a crutch. they eat to live...not live to eat. there have been some recent studies showing a "fat gene" that links obesity to an addiction....and not just weak and lazy people who don't have the will power to diet and exercise.
1074081
yeah but its because there is so much junk food and tv shows to watch that people just get really get fat.  only a few people care, those few that r thin, and the fat ones dont really care because everyone else looks the same way.
657487
you have to make up your mind to eat healthier and just do it. there is no magic answer, just willpower.
1185035
It contains calories.  Too many calories, you gain weight.
615966
There are some obese people in this world who don't exercise, eat too much (especially unhealthy food) and complain that it's not their fault their fat. However, I know few people who really can't lose weight no matter how hard they try.
875899
I'd say because humans aren't camels...we don't store food that we can easily use for energy later.  Also, their stomachs are bigger, and probably there are a lot of psychological issues: they get hungry when somehing goes wrong or right...whatever it is that makes them want to eat so much.  And then some fat people just have bodies that won't process food correctly, no matter how much they eat.  Some probably eat junk food...Lots of reasons, I'm sure.
364213
It's both.  \nResearch has shown that there's a definite genetic component to being overweight and there's also a virus that contributes (I know, sounds like a joke, but it's true).\nHowever, people still eat too much and exercise too little.
323222
because of what you eat
932040
Researchers say that different kinds of diets in fact increase the chances of your becoming more obese, because each time you take a different kind of food which you relish and take to your fill. What they suggest is that the food you most like should be taken regularly so much so that after a while, it becomes stale and you become satiated with it so much so that you tend to take less of it.
780685
They do not want to promote that their food may be fattening.\n\nIn commercials the company wants to please the consumer, and when people other happy thin people eating at McDonald's enjoying themselves, it might drive them to eat there too.\n\nIf you saw a heavier person in an add eating food, you might be reluctant to eat there...fearing obesity.
377827
It's called bad diet. When u are older and u just eat without thinking this is one of many ways for u to get fat. \n\nTake this for example: My mother showed me a picture of her in her teen years. Wow! She was so slim back then but now her feet are swollen. After seeing this i asked her why this happened. Where there history of cholesterol in the family, or heart disease anything. \n\nHer reply was no it's just that over the years her diet, her movement all changed. She told me that she never watched what she ate or when she ate and how much of it she took. Also she never excised or then any outdoor activity like walking, running, swimming, hiking and such. \n\nHowever, for most people high cholesterol is an issue and is inherited through genes or over doing it with more meat and seafood while less plant foods. \n\nHow this helps.
702015
to sell c**p food thats makes us fat!
592250
Yes, but what is the reason for over eating? You need to find what makes you over eat and use food as comfort to be able to get over this as well. \n\nHeart attacks, diabetes, strokes, hey is that enough cause there are heaps if that sounds great don't change. If you scares you there are many things you can do to change your lifestyle. \n\nI hope you make some good decisions as what you eat effects every part of your body now and later. Heard the saying, you are what you eat!
290814
I'd argue that lots of healthy foods taste good, but I know what you mean... who'd pick a carrot stick over a cookie?  It goes back to when humans lived by hunting & gathering.  Back then, it was important to have extra body fat for times when food was scarce.  We adapted to prefer foods that taste fatty or sweet because we can get the most energy out of them.  Nowadays, what with the over-abundance of food in the western world and nutrition-draining processing techniques, that preference for fat & sugar has backfired and it is far too easy to be obese or diabetic.
705659
Almost everyone overeats on occasion, perhaps having seconds or thirds of a holiday meal or scarfing down an entire bag of chips while watching a scary movie.  you feel stuffed for a few hours and then resume your normal, healthy eating habits.\n\nFor some people, though, overeating like this doesn't just become a way of life, it takes over their life.  It's called binge-eating disorder, and although people with this condition feel embarrassed and ashamed about gorging themselves for what could be hours on end and resolve to stop doing it, they also feel a compulsion to continue.\n\nPeople who binge may eat when they're not really hungry and continue eating even long after they're uncomfortably full.  After a binge, they often try to diet or eat normal meals.  But restricting their eating can lead to more bingeing, perpetuating the cycle.
1007363
yeah, i definetely agree with you.  people nowadays are just too lazy to actually watch what they're eating...that's why everyone is getting fat.  I wish it was required to learn about how saturated/unsaturated fats affected your body, as well as proteins and carbohydrates, and just learning about the body in general.  I have taken so many classes on how things affect the body and I wish everyone would have to learn those things because it seriously makes you so much more aware of your personal health!