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<TD><PRE><TT>Kelley:
> He's saying the tendency toward obesity or leanness is shaped by
genetics
> (duh). I suppose this helps corporations because that will mean
people
will
> just gorge themselves now instead of spending loads on diet products,
> exercise equipments, and gym membership. Yeah, that's contributing to
the
> bottom line! If he'd said something like obesity is ALL about eating
and
> exercise habits, something completely in control of the obese, then
his
> claims would obviously be resistant to corporate propaganda, hmmmm? I
think
> not. Obviously, if he'd said that his claims would be used to pedal
> low-carb --i cannot believe i saw this yesterday--flavored coffee
> 'creamer,' low-fat Happy Meals, exercise equipment, and gym
memberships.
I am not in a position to question a researcher who specializes in
obesity, but the genetics claim comes as a surprise. Undoubtedly,
genetic factors influence body mass to an extent, but how would one
explain the unusually high concentration of overweight people in the
US?
After all, US-ers are of European descent so one would expect to find
the European and US populations to be roughly similar in genetically
transmitted traits.
Yet a trip to Europe tells otherwise, even to a casual observer. Not
only there are fewer visibly overweight people in Europe, but those who
are do not reach such extremes as many US specimens. So how can one
explain the higher concentration of overweight people in the US?
Wojtek
----</TT></PRE><PRE><TT>My experience is that most Russians who have never been abroad </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>have no concept of what obesity is (or what a slum is, for that matter).
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