The Newton's Laws of Obesity

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Michael Wolraich: How is it possible that top scientists in this area could have been so wrong? Wolraich: The idea that we get fact cause we eat too much, which is the mental bedrock theory of obesity. He says if you want to reduce the fat you're carrying, you got to lower your insolent levels. That's kind of a train ofa bad science, a good science.

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