NYT article does not address genotypeXenvironment interaction issue at all (anybody can get fat if they eat only out of convenience stores and don't get any exercise, and people 'genetically predisposed toward it' can get really fat really quickly).
And, no real discussion of potential qualitative distinction between medically diagnosed obese people vs statistically/epidemiologically obsese (BMI>30).
I think there's a lot of room for discussion of both issues, and am disappointed they don't come up in the article at all. Maybe in her book...
Last edited by HardyWeinberg; 05-11-07 at 11:00 AM.