The five most common myths about obesity are answered by Alenka Simonič, MD, general practitioner, who will also be a guest at the panel Debelost ni samo “slaba volja” – it’s a disease at the Telo, teža in zdravje brez mitov conference. Tickets are now available. As she emphasizes, obesity is today understood as a chronic, complex, and recurrent disease, in which genetics, the brain, hormones, metabolism, environment, drugs, sleep, stress, and life circumstances intertwine.
Alenka Simonič PHOTO: POP TV Myt 1: Obesity is caused by a lack of will The biggest myth about obesity is that people with obesity simply don’t have enough willpower. This is not true. Will has a certain role in every behavior, but in obesity, the story is much more complex.
The feeling of hunger, satiety, the desire for food, and energy consumption are all involved.
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