This is not about obesity...

...again. In Obesity is a popular topic these days..... I mentioned "epigenetics". Epigenetics could promote obesity in next generation was released that same day by Baylor College of Medicine although I didn't see it 'til today. Fate? Coincidence? I have no clue, but here it is. And it's interesting.

"There is an obesity epidemic in the United States and it's increasingly recognized as a worldwide phenomenon," said Dr. Robert A. Waterland, assistant professor of pediatrics – nutrition at BCM and lead author of the study that appears in the International Journal of Obesity. "Why is everyone getting heavier and heavier? One hypothesis is that maternal obesity before and during pregnancy affects the establishment of body weight regulatory mechanisms in her baby. Maternal obesity could promote obesity in the next generation."

I do not think the explanation for obesity is a simple one anymore than I think chills are symptomatic of one illness. Nor should anyone.