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chelanfarsight writes:
The NYTimes has an article in Health discussion research beginning in the '50s concerning weight and weight loss.
The compilation of evidence so far shows that body weight has a greater possibility of being genetically inherited than heart disease, mental illness, or breast cancer. Apparently the body has its own concept of "ideal weight" and will fight to keep it in a 10-20 pound range showing evidence of starvation when it doesn't. (I for one welcome my genetically determined metabolic overlord's demands for food.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/health/08fat.htm l?em&ex=1178769600&en=d01b6c7150af5ba2&ei=5087%0A
