A gradual deconstruction of prejudices about food

"The general view, shared worldwide by governments and institutions, is that the problem of obesity is due simply to eating more than the body needs it."
"But children, for example, do not grow more because they eat voraciously, and consume more calories than they burn, but if they eat as much (if they overeat), it is because -qu'ils grow. It is necessary for them to consume more calories than they burn. The reason is that children grow secrete hormones that make them grow, growth hormones. "
"If we're not gluttons, we are necessarily guilty of laziness. And if we are not lazy, is that we indulge in the sin of gluttony."

I recommend reading this book, which helps to deconstruct many misconceptions about food. The examples serve to illustrate the words of G. Taubes are edifying (particularly through the study of the introduction of foods high in carbohydrates, in the reserve of Pima Indians in the United States when it was no longer permitted them to feed from their natural environment, caused by their sedentary).
It also evokes a rare disease called "progressive lypodystrophie" which is characterized by excessive localized fat ... only below the waist. Can we ultimately always think that people do not lose weight because they do not have enough willpower? !!!