Some Experts Doubt Obesity Epidemic

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A man drives his tiny motorcycle in Athens Greece in this April 29 2004 file photo According to some experts whose views are public health heresy the jury is still out on how dangerous it is to be fat.The obesity epidemic has absolutely been exaggera ...
A man drives his tiny motorcycle in Athens, Greece in this April 29, 2004 file photo According to some experts whose views are public health heresy, the jury is still out on how dangerous it is to be fat."The obesity epidemic has absolutely been exaggerated," said Dr. Vincent Marks, emeritus professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Surrey in England. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(AP) -- Go on, have another doughnut. According to some experts whose views are public health heresy, the jury is still out on how dangerous it is to be fat. "The obesity epidemic has absolutely been exaggerated," said Dr. Vincent Marks, emeritus professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Surrey.


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