obesity epidemic

11.21.09

The Unusual Suspects

Researchers are uncovering some pretty strange culprits behind the obesity epidemic—everything from air-conditioning to infectious love handles
By Jill Waldbieser Posted 02.20.2009 at 12:51 pm 12 Comments

Obesity is our century's version of the Kennedy assassination: Everybody's got a theory. But even with blame perpetually shifting -- one day it's fast-food corporations, the next it's genetics -- and a $40-billion-a-year diet industry, our waistlines just won't stop expanding.

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Fast Track to Fat

Who knew? A new study shows that eating fast food will make you fat
Posted 03.31.2005 at 2:00 pm 0 Comments

In January, the

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