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Science 7 February 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5608, pp. 856 - 858
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079856
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A War on Obesity, Not the Obese

Jeffrey M. Friedman

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.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 New York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. USA. E-mail: friedj{at}mail.rockefeller.edu

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