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    Rich or poor the number of Obese Americans is increasingly alarmingly. What is the best way to get them back down to normal weight? Taxes? Treatment? Or, a combination of the two?
    Posted to Science by david wayne osedach on September 29, 2009

  • Obesity & Complications of Diverticulosis & Incontinence

    Health Report: Obesity and the Complications of Diverticulosis (Diverticulitis & Bleeding) Obesity, Weight Loss & Urinary Incontinence ''A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers...'' By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Last Updated: 02/01/2009 The information in this column ...
    Posted to Guest Blog by doctorwascher on February 1, 2009

  • Define "wrong message"

    I appreciated this article, because as much as I loved Wall-E, it is refreshing to read something examining a point of view other than pure unadulterated awe. Additionally, I followed most of the links, and found the ''Junkfood Science'' article especially interesting. And I did walk out of the theater behind an overweight blonde man with a buzz ...
    Posted to Green Room by MissIngraham on July 11, 2008

  • Personal responsibility, people?

    This article was among the bigger loads of hogwash I've ever read. Genetics plays ''more'' of a role in obesity than behavior and diet? Bull. Travel some. Go to Asia. Maybe the Mediterranean. People are thin there. There simply aren't chubby children scarfing down Happy Meals everywhere you look (like there are here). But Asian and ...
    Posted to Green Room by ENH on July 11, 2008

  • Illogical Genetic Theory

    If genes contribute more to obesity than diet, why does the author also say that the poorest Americans are the fattest? And where is the evidence that the poor in American consume less calories than the better-off? Does poverty or associated factors somehow cause the genes to go awry in a matter of a single generation? And why are the poor in ...
    Posted to Green Room by Waschbaer on July 11, 2008