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0 pointshellbannedguy4y ago0 comments

And many were smokers.

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Ooh, that's an interesting correlation. The number of smokers dropped a lot since the 80s, essentially right when the obesity epidemic started:

Nicotine is known to suppress hunger

It's also possible that nicotine triggers epigenetic changes that affect the metabolisms of future generations.

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ginko4y ago

Ooh, that's an interesting correlation. The number of smokers dropped a lot since the 80s, essentially right when the obesity epidemic started:

Nicotine is known to suppress hunger

It's also possible that nicotine triggers epigenetic changes that affect the metabolisms of future generations.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse