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To: Scumbria who wrote (112000)	5/23/2000 1:39:00 AM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571311

Re: Obesity has little to do with personal accountability. It is the result of genetic factors, and a food supply which is devoid of nutrients, and full of hormones and chemical toxins. Scumbria, hehe, I've yet to meet someone that fits that profile. It just seems like another excuse us americans have made up. As my governor put it in his playboy interview, "it's an addiction of the saliva gland" chic

To: Scumbria who wrote (112000)	5/23/2000 3:49:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571311

Scumbria, OT Obesity has little to do with personal accountability. Obesity is mainly caused by the addiction to carbohydrates, which as any addiction is a function of personal accountability. It is the result of genetic factors While there is some genetic component to how your body reacts to food, it is by no means an excuse for obesity. It just means that some people will have to exercise more self control to remain slim than others. and a food supply which is devoid of nutrients, and full of hormones and chemical toxins. Agreed that these are bad, but these don't cause obesity. A lack of some nutrients can be remedied by supplements, I personally try to get meat without hormones, but I am not sure it is conclusive that the hormones given to animals can make it to human bloodstream and remain active. Toxins can of course be bad. The question is how much of these toxins could be removed from the environment, or from farming without harming the economy excessively. I think a lot of them. Unfortunately, rather than performing a rational cost / benefit analysis, people get too emotional about these issues and nothing gets achieved. Joe

To: Scumbria who wrote (112000)	5/23/2000 11:25:00 AM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571311

Dear Scumbria: All food is not devoid of nutrients. If it was, No one would live or "Get Fat". I am a FAT person. I just happen to like food. Before I graduated from college, I was 143 pounds at a height of 6'3". During the period just after college, around 21 or 22, something switched in my body. I started to gain weight eating the very same things and quantities I did before, if not less. I have been gaining since then. Now, I have been able to slow this advancement through much difficulty. I am now around 350 at the same height. I believe that there is something genetic going on. When I was at 143, I had many troubles because I was underweight. Swimming was a big problem. I tended to sink. All the flailing did was slow my sinking for a while. I think that some time in the future, a single drug or perscription will be able to stop this weight gain (or loss) cold. Perhaps some gene therapy will be able to cure this and many other diseases caused by genetics. Although being fat in among itself should not be a bad thing. Many European Coutries have a culture that thinks a Fat person is very successful. Perhaps, this is a failing of our society and not that of individuals. Still, no matter what is found out, I must take responsibility for the fact that I do not smoke, do not drink alcohol, only take drugs by the perscription of a doctor, and I am fat. One is responsible, even if, one has no control. Pete