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Re:How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat by scholia on Friday December 11, 2015 @02:10PM (#10719132)
There's some evidence that being overweight (but not morbidly obese) is healthier. It's a dispute that's going to run for a while....

(1) The big fat truth "More and more studies show that being overweight does not always shorten life — but some public-health researchers would rather not talk about them."

(2) Scientists now think that being overweight can protect your health

(1) http://www.nature.com/news/the-big-fat-truth-1.13039

(2) http://qz.com/550527/obesity-paradox-scientists-now-think-th...

Re:How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat by scholia on Saturday December 12, 2015 @07:48AM (#10722578)
Hint: downvoting research you don't like doesn't make that research disappear....