>Yes the nature/nurture thing should be as dead as
>Caesar.
>
>But beyond that I'm fascinated by your use (perhaps
>merely convenient) of the word "willpower". What a
>pity something as fundamental as eating must now -
>many of us feel - be treated as a Herculean test of
>our will and, it's quietly implied, character.
heh. i notice that, people who get their stomachs stapled (or whatever the procedure is called) eat 700-800 cals a day. wonder why? and anyway, i was far more intrigued by the failure to catch an errant klew when you mentioned weight lifters who know that losing weight doesn't mean losing fat. tee. hee.