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Article: SORRY, BUT FAT ISN'T FIT.(Editorial)(Column)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2005
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Byline: Michael Fumento
"Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful."
That New York Times headline summarizes the tasty tale the media have fed you based on a new study that says the spare tire around your waist may actually give you more mileage in life. Moreover, declared the report, annual U.S. deaths from overweight and obesity are merely 25,814, while the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate for deaths from "poor diet and physical inactivity" is 365,000 -- 14 times higher.
But consume this fat fantasy at your own risk, for the figures published by Katherine Flegal and colleagues in the Journal of the American Medical ...
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