Re: Genetic Engineering Breakthroughs - Luddites Whine

From: TomHendricks474 (tomhendricks474_at_cs.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:16:08 +0000 (UTC)

<< Western people don't need to take any exercise, and have virtually unlimited
access to high calorie food. You don't need to look any further to find the
explanation for obesity.
>>

For that to be correct you would not have obesity in any individual that does
not have access to high calorie food. Nor would there be any obese people in
history before high calorie diets.

I don't think that is the complete answer - we had obesity throughout human
history.

If there was no cause but diet, then switching diets would immediately end the
obesity problem - it does not nor does it end the food craving.