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...contrast, people who gain weight are following the body's natural urge to hoard calories. Slight changes in the way you burn and store calories can lead, over time, to piling on the pounds. And while some of the factors responsible for these changes are within your control--how much you exercise or whether you take a second helping of ice cream--most are either inherited or the inbred responses of an organism that is designed to protect itself from starvation. Stress, sleep deprivation and long days packed with constant activity have a tendency to accumulate weight. "If we took...
...expert] Dr. Kenneth Cooper for sugar, fat and sodium." The snack is a mix of Cheetos, Doritos, Rold Gold pretzels, SmartFood popcorn, Cap'n Crunch cereal and M&M-like candy. "See what we're up against?" laments Brownell, who is director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. "This is being promoted as a healthy product? No wonder people are confused...
...play an undeniable role, there's abundant evidence that environmental factors loom large in the obesity rate. Brownell likes to point to studies of immigrants from low-obesity countries such as India, Somalia and Japan. "When people move to countries where there is more obesity, they tend to gain weight," he notes. "Did they suddenly become less responsible when they moved?" More likely, they are responding to their new environment's cues to eat more calories and be less active. After years of trying to help obese patients lose weight in the land of the fat, says Brownell, "it became...
...more calories than on days without fast food, Ludwig and collaborators reported in a large study published in the January issue of Pediatrics. Since, on average, the American kid eats a fast-food meal 1 out of every 3 days, "this would account for an extra 6 pounds of weight gained a year," says Ludwig. "It's a poor return on investment to fund education by selling this kind of food to kids...
...which phys ed has declined, the nation has seen big increases in attention-deficit disorder and childhood depression. "It shouldn't be so surprising that low physical-activity levels would have adverse effects on a child's emotional health," he says. "Exercise benefits overall well-being, not just body weight...