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Emetics t1_iy05xhp wrote

During puberty, your bodys insulin levels naturally rise. Insulin is a hormone to tell your cells and body to grow and store energy.

A typical processed carb rich diet that obese people would eat tends to lead to chronically elevated insulin levels essentially to bring down the glucose, mimicking the effect of the signaling of puberty.

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throwaway92715 t1_iy2b683 wrote

Does that explain why there was an increased incidence of gynecomastia among prepubescent boys in the American southeast as documented in the seminal 1981 study by Baker, Simmons et al?

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