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Scientists Find Fatness Gene
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 4-13-2007
| Roger Highfield
Posted on 04/12/2007 7:34:22 PM PDT by blam
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04/12/2007 7:34:24 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:37:34 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
Do these genes make me look fat?
I couldn’t help it. Sorry ;-)
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:38:51 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: blam
This thread is worthless BETTER OFF without pics!
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:40:23 PM PDT
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dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: blam
MY name isn't gene, and nobody knows where I'm at. They all lie!!
I'm still fat though.
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:41:28 PM PDT
by
chuckles
To: blam
Who put her knees on backwards?
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:44:51 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: blam
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:47:42 PM PDT
by
Humble Servant
(Keep it simple - do what's right.)
To: blam
Scientists Find Fatness Gene
Meet Gene.
To: martin_fierro
"Scientists Find Fatness Gene"
> Meet Gene.
Just... DAMN.
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:54:44 PM PDT
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dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: blam
If this guy figures out how to do this he becomes an instant multi-billionare, Bill Gates will be chump change, I’d invest every cent into his company. I pray he does it, I see so many women that if they lost 10-15 lbs they would be ultra hot. If a pill could “fix” them, oh yeah! And I sure could use a dose too....
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posted on
04/12/2007 7:59:52 PM PDT
by
King_Corey
(A King is Sovereign of his life and not a slave)
To: blam
i do 120-150 stair cases per day.
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:01:08 PM PDT
by
ken21
(it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
To: blam
Yeah um, I think that’s what’s ms Cartman said um okay...
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:08:48 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: blam
Interestingly, obesity is overtaking or passing smoking as a leading cause of death in this country.
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:11:22 PM PDT
by
TheLion
(How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
To: blam
If there is one, I have it. It's a daily struggle to stay skinny, but so far, so good.
I got very fat for a while.
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:12:45 PM PDT
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mysterio
To: martin_fierro
I don’t know if that is more funny than disgusting!
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:13:51 PM PDT
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TheLion
(How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
To: blam
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:18:55 PM PDT
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TheLion
(How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
To: blam
gene=2 hands feeding one mouth!
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posted on
04/12/2007 8:22:31 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: blam
Lets be honest, a very high percentage of this problem isn’t about genes but about lifestyle. When I was a kid decades ago you hardly ever saw truly huge people and being overweight was not that common (hence why its called overweight). Even 25 years ago you didn’t see near as much as now and you almost never saw a pack of monster eight year olds. Our genes haven’t changed that much in two generations. The problem is lifestyle. Too much time watching TV and using the computer, too little exercise, too much unhealthy food, portions that are gigantic in restaurants, an over-reliance on cars for short trips where walking would work fine. All those things add up. Now we are a nation of fat adults and fat children.
It is eyeopening to go to another country and see just how few porkers there are after being in the home of the brave and the land of the fat. I was in New Zealand last year. Almost nobody was really big. Why? Because they aren’t as sedentary as us and don’t eat anywhere near as much as we do.
To: SmoothTalker
And another thing. When you did see large adults a generation or two ago, they were generally older adults. Now you see a ton of large young adults. That isn’t healthy.
To: blam
I’m going to have to get my fatness genes out of the closet.
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