The Contributions of 'Diet', 'Genes', and Physical Activity to the Etiology of Obesity: Contrary Evidence and Consilience.

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The debate on the relative contributions of presumptive etiologic factors in the development of obesity is becoming increasingly speculative, insular, and partisan. As the global prevalence of obesity continues to rise, the sheer volume of unfounded conjecture threatens to obscure well-established evidence. We posit that the failure to distinguish between causal factors and mere statistical associations...

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