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The misguided war on waistlines.(Science)
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?" "My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters." "The waters? What waters? We're in the desert." "I was misinformed."
--from Casablanca (1942)
IN THIS AGE OF BOUNDLESS and easily accessible information it is distressing that so many people remain so astonishingly misinformed on important health issues. This is nowhere better illustrated than in the area of body weight.
It would be hard not to know that we are in the midst of a war on obesity. The public is united in the condemnation of fatness in any form and the adulation of slenderness, apparently at any cost. Strangely, this most ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The misguided war on waistlines.(Science)