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The thing is, Neil, your viewpoint isn't wrong. All these things are POTENTIAL contributors. Keyword: Potential. It's all in how you respond to the potential. A person can either git'r done when they learn of a potential issue and modify their lifestyle accordingly, or just go with the path of least resistance and surrender to the potential. In my case, once I learned about the mechanism that was slowly killing me with fat, I chose to address the issues, but was far enough into the weight issue that I had to take radical steps just to stay alive.
A Statistic, or a physical contributor to risk can be a tool or a hindrance. It's all in how you apply the knowledge.
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