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moominmolly ([personal profile] moominmolly) wrote2008-02-07 01:49 pm
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fat thursday

From Junkfood Science, via [livejournal.com profile] the_xtina, an article on the Minnesota Starvation Study (about the effects of dieting on healthy adults) that I found quite interesting.

EDIT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: What I found interesting was: the mental effects of this deprivation on the healthy, normal-weight patients; the idea of patriotic conscientious objectors in a medical study; and the attitudes surrounding the study in general. The whole article was chock full of interesting attitudes toward the world. The general tone of the article and the obvious bias of the author are not my own.

[identity profile] harimad.livejournal.com 2008-02-07 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It has. BMI is another take on height & weight, which has been tracked for generations. By insurance companies if no one else.