Comments on: Obesity is caused by evolution http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html/comment-page-1#comment-20441 Blaine Moore Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:18:50 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html#comment-20441 I've never heard of that book, but in the four states that I've lived in I have seen plenty of obese people. I tend to hang around with people that are fit (which is no surprise given my lifestyle) but it still strikes me that there are plenty of people that could make healthier lifestyle choices. I’ve never heard of that book, but in the four states that I’ve lived in I have seen plenty of obese people. I tend to hang around with people that are fit (which is no surprise given my lifestyle) but it still strikes me that there are plenty of people that could make healthier lifestyle choices.

]]> By: Anne http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html/comment-page-1#comment-20114 Anne Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:27:16 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html#comment-20114 I just finished a book called Fat Politics that questions whether obesity is really an epidemic or being marketed as such to justify the government-funded health care initiatives and multibillion-dollar diet industry that now cater to people needing to lose weight. He cites the BMI charts that were not created to measure obesity but to vet insurance rates, based on the law of averages. It was a very interesting read. That said, I can just look in a crowd at any public place and see we're evolving into a fatter population because of our lifestyle choices, comfortable surroundings (A/C and heated homes and offices) and food choices. I just finished a book called Fat Politics that questions whether obesity is really an epidemic or being marketed as such to justify the government-funded health care initiatives and multibillion-dollar diet industry that now cater to people needing to lose weight. He cites the BMI charts that were not created to measure obesity but to vet insurance rates, based on the law of averages. It was a very interesting read.

That said, I can just look in a crowd at any public place and see we’re evolving into a fatter population because of our lifestyle choices, comfortable surroundings (A/C and heated homes and offices) and food choices.

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]]> By: Chester Ku-Lea http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html/comment-page-1#comment-20083 Chester Ku-Lea Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:17:07 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/21/obesity-is-caused-by-evolution.html#comment-20083 Hi, I just came across your site on Technorati and just wanted to pass on a note that I like your site! Obesity is supposedly the world's #1 epidemic and will only get worse before it gets better. Boo to fast foods. Thanks for your contribution and good luck with your Blog! Hi, I just came across your site on Technorati and just wanted to pass on a note that I like your site!

Obesity is supposedly the world’s #1 epidemic and will only get worse before it gets better. Boo to fast foods. Thanks for your contribution and good luck with your Blog!

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