at the same time that Consumer Reports rates Dr. Barbara Rolls' (a fellow faculty member here at Penn State) book "The Volumetrics Eating Plan" the top-rated diet plan. the NYTimes (Genes Take Charge, and Diets Fall by the Wayside - New York Times ) suggests:
... that once a person got fat, the body would adjust, making it hopeless to lose weight and keep it off.
meaning that genes are more important that ANY diet in determining a persons body weight and/or level of obesity.
oh my! what to believe... ?!?
as anyone in my genetics course could tell you, neither argument is really correct. a person's body weight is a function of both genes AND environment (including nutrition, dietary choices and habits). there is NO single diet for every combination of genes (or person); no panacea.
though, it is fairly clear that for most of us: less is more.
oh yeah; try walking around the block now and again.
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