A War on Obesity, Not the Obese
- 7 February 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 299 (5608), 856-858
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1079856
Abstract
In their efforts to lose weight, obese individuals may be fighting a powerful set of evolutionary forces honed in an environment drastically different from that of today.Keywords
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