2005.11.30

Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic?

A growing number of dissenting researchers accuse government and medical authorities—as well as the media—of misleading the public about the health consequences of rising body weights

Illustration/HUGH KRETSCHMER

Illustration/HUGH KRETSCHMER

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