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The Rich Roll Podcast
Environmental Factors in Willpower and Obesity
Environmental factors play a significant role in the challenges of maintaining willpower and avoiding obesity. The prevailing environment makes it tough to lead a healthy lifestyle while making it easy to become overweight due to numerous reasons. The analogy of willpower being like an umbrella in a bad storm illustrates how difficult it is to resist unhealthy temptations. Most diets fail due to the overwhelming storm of environmental influences that break the willpower 'umbrella.' Psychological and environmental factors such as societal messages promoting unhealthy eating habits, especially to children, greatly impact individuals' ability to maintain a healthy weight. These factors, alongside the impact of food itself on the body, contribute significantly to the struggles with willpower and weight maintenance.
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