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#780 Deborah Carr: Obesity, Disability, Healthcare, and Aging in America

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The Role of Genetics in High Body Weight

There are more people who are overweight in the United States than supermodels. The cultural ideal of extreme slenderness persists, according to social scientists. Sociologists say we perceive that those with larger bodies have done something wrong. But high body weight is caused by a range of factors including genetics and socioeconomic inequality.

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