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I mention that because the people you're disagreeing with do have clinical experience and PHDs.
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Is "way more" a technical term used to describe a specific unit of complication? I don't have multiple PhDs, so I figured I'd better ask before I make myself look insensitive and presumptuous.
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Ah the 'I'm sarcastic, therefore I'm right' fallacy.
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Addiction itself is separate from becoming addicted to something. Rather than comment on the hilarious "big mac = heroin" theory you're purporting, let's instead focus on heroin itself.
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This isn't my theory, this is the theory of scientists who have conducted studies and have evidence to suggest that the addictive properties of fast food are on par with those of heroin. Read the article.
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Heroin is bad. It is an addictive substance. Do I want to become addicted to heroin? No. Do I, then, use heroin? No. Is heroin a necessary desire, a "need" for anyone? No. Should, then, anyone use heroin who does not seek to become addicted to it? No. Do people wake up one day addicted to heroin? No. At some point a heroin addict made a stupid decision, followed by another stupid decision, and then another.
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...but just a few posts back you say that you've eaten a Big Mac. Aren't you making a stupid decision, then? How many times have you eaten fast food?
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Perhaps the issue is that the word "addiction" is used too loosely. "Addiction" to fast food, shopping, caffeine, peeping-tommery, etc is all conquerable by force of will. Heroin, crack/cocaine, etc are a different story, though the initial behaviors which result in the addiction are just as stupid as those of McDonald's "addicts."
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There are two types of addiction, physical and psychological. An addiction to shopping is psychological. An addiction to caffeine is both psychological and physical. An addiction to heroin is physical.
Speaking to the OP, one who is homeless is bound to have at least some psychological issues, and it's possible that those issues may lead to psychological addictions. If you combine that possible tendency to the possibility of certain unhealthy foods being physically addictive, and you may have an explanation as to why some homeless people are overweight. Homeless people probably are also under a great deal of stress, and their exercise is sporadic at best (some homeless people walk all day, some stand around all day). If you combine poor eating habits with stress and poor exercise, you have a recipe for weight management problems. That's the reason I think that some homeless people may be overweight.