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you list it all, but i think the things you class as "contributing factors" are more significant, because it would explain the numbers better. i just think that it's statistically improbable that that many people would choose sedentary life. it doesn't match with my perception of my surroundings.
a parallel: if some people have better teeth then average, it is probably because they care about their teeth. but if the majority of a community has better teeth than the rest of the country, there's probably something in the water.
That's fair, I can see why. My surroundings have a higher rate of knowingly sedentary behavior/wild overcomsumption, which affects my bias. I like your analogy.
I still think personal autonomy has an impact. I'm a food nerd and in my experience the average person does a terrible job of assessing energy in (ooh donut) versus energy out (one calorie is harder to burn than ppl like to admit). Hell, it took me 15 years to figure out.
So maybe not a conscious choice of a sedentary life, as much as the lack of understanding or awareness of how that unintentional choice affects them (plus all the factors we've discussed).
But this is just my two cents, I'm no pro lol thanks for digging into this with me ๐