[AKA_Monet]

What is more interesting is what is seen as the genetic drift from a low calorie--or no caloric intake--due to starvation vs. a high fat, high simple carbohydrate, highly processed foodstuff and the development of diabetic phenotypes...

As we age, things don't work like they were suppose to. Maybe, children in developed countries are born obese simply because women are choosing to have children later on in life, when the very enzymes metabolizing fat start to slow down... I dunno... But it would be interesting statistics.

More and more folks will die due to cardiovascular complications, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and stroke than anything else. That is why being overweight has been deemed detrimental and a risk factor for these diseases by the medical community.

But maybe our whole environment, beyond anyone's control is changing. Maybe the planet is shifting in gravitational pull. The more gravity, the more mass one must have in order to survive... Maybe, there is a natural selection for the those carrying a lot of weight. Because most of the time, by the time obesity plays a role in most humans, it may be well after reproductive years--so it's thought by the medical community... But I dunno--what do I know...