Genetics, Behaviourists And Free Will

Skipping over the fact that these “findings” are based on the flawed body mass index which classifies anyone with some muscle mass as over weight or obese, eventually the article mentions that the actual causes of obesity are things like the lack of physical activity and poor diet. But, as is typically done, it is filled with the language of behavioural psychologists. The causes of obesity are not the poor choices made under the free will of the individual but are responses to the “role of environment” (stimuli).

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