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The End Of Obesity

The campaign against fat has failed, even backfired. Maybe it's time to emphasize fitness instead of weight.

by Neil Munro

Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010


Four decades of anti-obesity efforts have failed to reduce Americans' girth. And although more and more data indicate that extreme obesity is life threatening, people who are a tad overweight apparently are at less risk of dying prematurely than those at an "ideal" weight.

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