>>7624609So wide-spread stress only started in the 80's? Stress can interfere with bodily function, yes, and it can potentially cause medical problems in the future, yes, their good observations, but saying stress is the largest reason for obesity is like saying that 6 hours of sleep a night will kill you eventually, it may not help, but it isn't much of a problem.
Cortisol just doesn't do that much damage. Your adrenal gland isn't big enough to pump enough Cortisol to damage the cardiovascular or digestive system even in a decade of healthy yet stressful life. Emphasis on healthy. Once you slide down the slope to obesity, a healthy lifestyle becomes increasingly less comfortable and so more difficult. Where I think you're getting this notion that stress causes obesity is a misinterpretation of the stress caused BY obesity. Which domino effects and makes you not care for a healthy life and you blame all of your weight on the shitty mood you kept yourself in for too long without acting on it.
