~MrBeam

The Obesity Myth

ps: note that the book has been re-edited under the title "The Diet Myth"

A book to read : "The Obesity Myth" (recently republished as "The Diet Myth")
You think that the only fact that being so called "overweight" is bad to your health? This book will prove you it is not true (at least, not so simple) and show you at which level the propaganda of "war against fat" is.

Here's an excerpt : [link]

Click following links for more miscellaneous info (from the shortest to the longest):
[link] Your body - Debunking the obesity myth
[link] Altern.org - "Keep yer flab on"
[link] bigfatblog.com - "Interview with Paul Campos"
[link] Mama's Health review

obesitymyth.com - Here's a video clip - [link] (right-click and "save as...") of Paul Campos' opening statements in a debate entitled, "Food Fight: Behind the Scenes of Obesity Litigation" at Boston University's Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism on October 3, 2003.

[link] And... the official site
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