Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Taubes is at it again

[Nick Palmer]

One rarely mentioned  partial reason for the explosion of obesity is that 
nowadays we almost all have central heating and are rarely in situations 
which necessitate "wrapping up" warmly. The body is a heat engine and we 
have reduced the heat loss thereby reducing the amount of fuel (food) we 
need to burn to maintain body temperature. If I could be bothered, I'd write 
a paperback book expanding this basic idea to two hundred pages and have a 
best seller on my hands (and contribute towards solving global warming 
too!).

                                                                   EAT LESS 
FOOD! --- EXERCISE BRISKLY!! --- TURN DOWN THE HEAT!!!