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	<title>Comments on: Obesity, Deadly Sins &amp; The American Plague</title>
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		<title>By: Aileen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aileen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting article, Sally! I agree that social networks affect our behaviors (how could they not?), but I also agree that social networks may be a reflection of our choices, and our choices are influenced by our natures, and our natures are hopelessly complex mixtures of heredity and environment. We&#039;re complex critters for sure!

Which is why, at this point in my life, I just love &#039;em. We all indulge, what we indulge in are reflections of the nature-nurture conundrum. We &#039;know&#039; our harmful behaviors are harmful. That doesn&#039;t often make us change. All the factors in our lives affect our lives. We get a (short) block of time on this earth, we don&#039;t have a lot of control over big chunks of it these days. But then, maybe humans never did have that much control over the conditions of their time frames. I&#039;m happy to not be hunting mammoths for a living, or starving during the winter for lack of mammoth meat!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting article, Sally! I agree that social networks affect our behaviors (how could they not?), but I also agree that social networks may be a reflection of our choices, and our choices are influenced by our natures, and our natures are hopelessly complex mixtures of heredity and environment. We&#8217;re complex critters for sure!</p>
<p>Which is why, at this point in my life, I just love &#8216;em. We all indulge, what we indulge in are reflections of the nature-nurture conundrum. We &#8216;know&#8217; our harmful behaviors are harmful. That doesn&#8217;t often make us change. All the factors in our lives affect our lives. We get a (short) block of time on this earth, we don&#8217;t have a lot of control over big chunks of it these days. But then, maybe humans never did have that much control over the conditions of their time frames. I&#8217;m happy to not be hunting mammoths for a living, or starving during the winter for lack of mammoth meat!</p>
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		<title>By: Sally Wendkos Olds</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sally Wendkos Olds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a fascinating article in this past Sunday&#039;s New York Times Magazine called &quot;Are Your Friends Making You Fat?&quot; about the influence that our friends -- and even our friends&#039; friends -- have over social behaviors, including the ones that lead to obesity. Maybe your sister needs to find some new friends. Here&#039;s the article link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13contagion-t.html?ref=magazine</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a fascinating article in this past Sunday&#8217;s New York Times Magazine called &#8220;Are Your Friends Making You Fat?&#8221; about the influence that our friends &#8212; and even our friends&#8217; friends &#8212; have over social behaviors, including the ones that lead to obesity. Maybe your sister needs to find some new friends. Here&#8217;s the article link: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13contagion-t.html?ref=magazine" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13contagion-t.html?ref=magazine</a></p>
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