Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Genes Take Charge, and Diets Fall by the Wayside

An interesting article in the NYTimes on obesity and getting screwed in the genetic lottery.

5 comments:

Scott Schafer said...

So that begs the question, are there more fat people now, or are we just more aware of it? And if there are more fat people does that mean their parents were not fat because they were starving?

Kind of weird cause it seems like there are simply more fat people now, so genetics can't be the only answer (or even 70% of the answer, as the article states)

brian said...

Ya, I thought that they should have been a bit more responsible about the 70% number. It seems pretty absurd, and without justification, it would seem to promote the attitude of being a fat slob.

brian said...

Also worth reading the responses to the article.

kenny g said...

I was totally that fat kid!

brian said...

Photo please ...