I thought more could be done about *in what cases* weight is associated with health - diabetes being the big one that still seems pretty clear (high weight=diabetes, clearly a serious disease), now that simple correlations between weight and cholesterol/heart disease seem to be mostly disproven. Clearly thin=/healthy, and fat=/unhealthy, but are there specific weight-related health risks? For example, health risks for thinness might be greater risk of osteoporosis, greater risk of frailty in old age, for example. (Maybe not really germane to her topic, but interesting to me.)
Other things she didn't address (or fully address) that I was thinking about: weight as correlated to socioeconomic status, ethnic group (this is a huge deal with diabetes, for example - diabetes is strongly correlated to some groups).
Also, the whole concept of the "genetics of behavior" that she barely touches on is fascinating.
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Date: 2007-06-27 05:08 pm (UTC)Other things she didn't address (or fully address) that I was thinking about: weight as correlated to socioeconomic status, ethnic group (this is a huge deal with diabetes, for example - diabetes is strongly correlated to some groups).
Also, the whole concept of the "genetics of behavior" that she barely touches on is fascinating.
In sum, lots of thinky things in there.