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Pick One: Obesity Or Smoking

  • December 20, 2004

I came across this interesting perspective about the current state of American health in the New York Times, my favorite newspaper in the world, that argues the obesity crisis in America has emerged largely because people traded one poison -- smoking -- for a "less lethal" vice -- eating unhealthy food. According to a CDC statistician, the proof can be found in the steep decline of smokers. Over one 10-period (1973-83), the weight of the average middle-age American fell by more than 2...