an interesting article about why the world’s population is getting fat, and getting fat so quickly. here are some choice quotes.

Foreyt noted that 80 percent of African-American females are overweight, and that Hispanic women were the second-heaviest group.

i guess sir mix-a-lot was just preparing everyone for the inevitable.

“Japanese cars—the ones sold in Japan—don’t have drink holders,” New York Times health columnist Jane Brody said at the Oldways conference. “The Japanese don’t eat and drink in their cars.”

interesting how the american fast food industry permeates into other industries.

cities tend to have lower rates of obesity than suburbs or rural areas. Few residents of Manhattan, for example, own cars. The density of the urban landscape allows one to walk to the drug store, subway, or dry cleaner.

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