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angrie_dude@yahoo.com wrote:
> Why are so many people fat?
>
> 27/06/2006 12:40  - (SA), Marilynn Marchione
> http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1958526,00.html
>
> Milwaukee - Scientists have come up with some novel excuses why people
> are overweight, including air conditioning, lack of sleep, fewer
> smokers, and more sex among obese people, which can produce chubby
> kids.
>
> Desserts are not the only things weighing America down, these
> researchers contend in a report published on Tuesday in the
> International Journal of Obesity.
>
> "I think it's very creative," said Dr Robert Kushner, medical director
> of the weight management programme at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in
> Chicago.
>
> "We are facing an epidemic with no tipping point in the near future. At
> this point, there are no silly ideas."
>
> However, some critics say the authors' "Top Ten" list of alternative
> explanations reads more like material for a late night talk show
> routine than a scientific study.
>
> "I'd put this in the category of 'calorie distracters' - 'Let's just do
> anything to get people to stop worrying about having to eat less and
> move more,"' said Marion Nestle, a nutrition professor at New York
> University.
>
> 'There is more to obesity...'
>
> David Allison, a University of Alabama biostatistician, invited 19
> other scientists in the US, Canada and Italy, to work on the report.
>
> They looked at more than 100 studies on potential contributors to
> obesity besides diet and exercise, and concluded there was at least
> some support for 10:
>
> 1. Inadequate sleep. (Average sleep amounts have fallen, and many
> studies tie sleep deprivation to weight gain.)
>
> 2. Endocrine disruptors, which are substances in some foods that may
> alter fats in the body.
>
> 3. Nice temperatures. (Air conditioning and heating limit calories
> burned from sweating and shivering.)
>
> 4. Fewer people smoking. (Less appetite suppression.)
>
> 5. Medicines that cause weight gain.
>
> 6. Population changes in the United States. (More middle-agers and
> Hispanics, who have higher obesity rates.)
>
> 7. Older birth moms. (That correlates with heavier children).
>
> 8. Genetic influences during pregnancy.
>
> 9. Darwinian natural selection. (Fat people out survive skinny ones).
>
> 10. Assortative mating, or "like mating with like", as Allison puts it.
> Translation: fat people procreating with others of the same body type,
> gradually skewing the population toward the heavy end.
>
> Not that people necessarily should try to alter these factors, Allison
> said. For example, "we would never recommend that people start smoking
> to reduce their body weight".
>
> The same for medications that can lead to weight gain, though doctors
> may want to consider alternatives if a patient piles on pounds, said Dr
> Louis Aronne.
>
> Allison said no food or beverage makers funded any part of the report,
> though he and some collaborators consult for such companies.
>
> The point is, there is more to obesity than diet and exercise, he said.
> "These are 10 reasonable hypotheses, and as scientists, we should be
> open-minded," Allison said.
>
> On the net:
>
> www.nature.com
> http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1958526,00.html

Excuses, excuses. Anybody can maintain their correct body weight by
controlling their food intake. America has become a bunch of PC
lard-asses. The native Amerians, negros, and hispanics are actually
grotesque.

Arch

p.s. Washington topic; who has the biggest tits, Senator Kennedy or
Senator McCain?