Great article about the "obesity epidemic"

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And not only because it uses my favorite example of confusing correlation with causation:

Killing Turkeys Causes Winter by Sandy Szwarc

(Those of you participating in the current LJ fat flame war, feel free to use this as ammo.)

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I'm sorry I misunderstood what you were saying about "becoming fat."

Then there's people like me, with big fat wobbly bottoms and thighs, and slightly concave stomachs.

Glenn Gaesser's book Big Fat Lies says that fat on the bottom and thighs protects against heart disease. So it's a good way to be, even if it makes it harder to buy clothes. :-P