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To: the_wheel who wrote (234995)	1/17/2008 12:27:33 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793990

I only heard part of Bernake's testimony....so will definitely want to see what he actually said... I'm sure there will be more about it today....in fact, I can nearly guarantee that....<gg>

To: the_wheel who wrote (234995)	1/17/2008 4:49:55 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793990

Last night their was a poor girl on Idol who was sixteen and four hundred pounds and her mother was sick and sixteen hundred pounds and they made the poor girl cry cause they didn't pick her. And the tears just rolled down her cheek cause she could barely move cause the weight was just too much. And her mom well o well Something more than just overeating is going on in such cases. Most people could not get that heavy if they tried. Their bodies just wouldn't do it. They would feel full, they would feel sick, they would throw up; their bodies would make them stop eating. There has to be a combination of genetics, environment and overeating to get to such weights. There have been studies of Polynesians and certain American Indian groups which establish that populations who have adapted to lean diets and hard work will be very vulnerable to rampant obesity if rich food and labor-saving technology suddenly becomes available.