The overweight suffer a ‘vicious circle’ of insight and behavior,according to psychologist Jessica Witt: ‘You’re seeing the world in terms of your ability to act’Obese people see distances as farther than they actually are, according to a forthcoming study that suggests overweight people suffer a “vicious circle” of insight and behavior, and that questions the premise that humans see the world as it is.“whether you find yourself out hiking with a heavy backpack,hills are going to sight steeper, distances are going to sight farther, and gaps across a river are going to sight longer,” psychologist Jessica Witt told reporters at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).
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Source: theguardian.com