"Kevintsheehy" > wrote in message
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>I haven't seen the whole thread, but Nancy (I think) wrote:
>
>> What have we here? You mean the CDC (center for disease
>>control) made some miscalucation about the death rate caused by >obesity?
>
>> Whoda thought that could happen.
>
> Apologies in advance if I have misattributed.

You did fine. (laugh)

> So, is the drift that CDC hugely overstated or somewhat overstated?

You will have to read about it in the paper tomorrow or something.
Maybe the story is online somewhere. Probably.

> Death rate is one issue. But persistent health issues for the living
> are also an issue.

I am so seriously not disagreeing about that. Don't take it that way.

> watching CNBC or C-SPAN, I see someone has a book or maga-
> zine article with a title of "The Myth of Obesity" (or something like
> that). This post prompts me to try to find and read it.

I'd be happy if you report back on what it said. But I want you to
know that I never said there isn't an obesity problem. That wasn't
my point at all.

> I'll try to ap-
> proach it with an open mind, but I start with a sense of skepticism.
> Until demonstrated otherwise, I think that obesity remains an
> issue for Americans (USAians, if you prefer).

I SINCERELY do not prefer. Believe me.

My point was that there are agencies (whatever) that like to throw
around numbers they cannot support, and almost inevitably, it seems,
wind up modifying or retracting them. I'm tired of it.

nancy