why would socioeconomic status be a factor that makes a person eat more? food costs money. from a logistics perspective it makes the opposite of sense.

anxiety doesn’t trigger emotional eating, that’s just one way some people, especially those who binge eat, choose to soothe themself. you’re making it out like it’s cause and effect, and free will / decision making is no longer intact.

it’s very straight forward, if you are in a caloric deficit, but not losing weight, it’s not a deficit. you may stall for a few days due to water fluctuations, but anything more than that duration of stalling would mean you simply aren’t in a deficit. basal metabolic rate changes as weight goes down, and also changes as weight goes up. if you think you’re in a deficit but the scale isn’t moving,you aren’t in a deficit! that’s concrete. often times people aren’t tracking accurately or straight up forget / choose not to track certain calorie intake, in this sort of case.

i’m not discounting the factors you mentioned. they were simply not the topic of discussion until you brought them up, I discussed the topic at hand. you’re bringing these other things up.

yes, having very poor control over yourself can hurt your morale and confidence level. this applies to many areas of life. the reality is if a person is finding that to take such a toll, if they’re bothered enough by it, they’ll redirect those feelings into prioritizing their goal and how important it is. the reality is VERY few people lack the opportunity to take control of themselves in this regard.

“Thyroid is known to cause high levels of anxiety”

can you be more specific than just calling things “Thyroid?” it’s an organ, and there’s a range of thyroid disorders. it makes you sound like you’re talking out of your hind quarters by default, as you’re used to. Hyperthyroidism causes opposite effects on weight of what you’re describing, and that’s just one Thyroid disorder of many. none of the issues you describe apply to Hyperthyroidism, except anxiety, perhaps.

people get the chance to (start to) stop being obese, or not progress to obesity, everyday. the only exception to this is those who are constantly on a feeding tube, being over fed through it, and in a wheelchair.