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For Thinner or for Fatter

If you think that obesity is only in the genes, think again when you see that it is in the family with genetics out of the consideration. Television writer Gene Perret once said: “Like good wine, marriage gets better with age.” A recent study adds, though, marriage gets the couple obese together. But even unmarried cohabiting partners, too, have not been spared, noted lead researcher and nutritionist Natalie The, on what we may as well call “cohabitational obesity.” ( Read more. ) This article appears in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 09 June 2010.