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[deleted] t1_iw6b53r wrote

That is an insanely large effect. I would guess that our surface area to volume ratio would drive significantly lesser results, if nothing else. Still it would be very interesting to compare say home heating costs with weight gain at a population level... attempting to control for food consumption/costs of course.

We so often discuss the impacts of cheap food without ever discussing how relatively cheap air conditioning effects us.

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pdonchev t1_iw79hwz wrote

I would boldly assume that the effect of extra calories from food accessibility dwarf any effects of ambient temperature, within some reasonable range of home temperatures (say, 18-28 °C). It's hard to outrun a bad diet, I bet it's even harder to out-shiver it.

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