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From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2014-03-08:

"The previous belief of many lay people and health professionals that obesity is simply the result of a lack of willpower and an inability to discipline eating habits is no longer defensible."

-- Richard L. Atkinson, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Wisconsin. Quoted in David Berreby's essay "The obesity era".

[ http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/david-berreby-obesity-era/]

(submitted to the mailing list by Kelly Groves)