- Inadequate sleep -- this can apparently make you fat.
- Chemical contamination -- the environment is contaminated with endocrine-like substances.
- Heating and air-conditioning -- you don't burn off calories to stay warm, and the heat doesn't kill your appetite.
- Smoking cessation -- well, if you've quit...
- Medications -- Prozac, birth control pills and more promote weight gain.
Arkadyevitchizing America since 2006
By the time you panic, it is way too late -- Lee Raymond, New York Times, July 6, 2008
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those who are hungry and not fed; from those who are cold and not clothed. This world-in-arms is not spending money alone; it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Dwight D Eisenhower, 11/16/53
Saturday, July 29, 2006
More on obesity
Slate today warns against reaching for the easy answers on causes of obesity. This piece was based on a University of Alabama at Birmingham study, so a big shout out to UAB! Contributing factors less obvious that bad food and sedentary lifestyles may include...
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