Decius wrote:
] ] After tens of thousands of generations of human
] ] evolution, flab has become widespread only in the past 50
] ] years, and waistlines have ballooned exponentially in the
] ] last two decades. In 1980, 46 percent of U.S. adults were
] ] overweight; by 2000, the figure was 64.5 percent: nearly
] ] a 1 percent annual increase in the ranks of the fat. At
] ] this rate, by 2040, 100 percent of American adults will
] ] be overweight and "it may happen more quickly," says John
] ] Foreyt of Baylor College of Medicine, who spoke at a
] ] conference organized by Gifford's Oldways group in 2003.
] ] Foreyt noted that, 20 years ago, he rarely saw 300-pound
] ] patients; now they are common.
]
] A long article on obesity.

I memed something about this today!

http://www.memestreams.net/users/acidus/blogid4091722

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