Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration'


	Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration'

Deepti

8-25-2009 1:16 PM

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age, brain, function, obese, obesity, research, size

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8-25-2009 4:51 PM

aklimento

This "research" is designed to bully obese people. Stop doing it! I met a lot of truly beautiful obese girls. Winston Churchill use to live to the 90 and was one of the brightest minds in human history. Yes, sometimes obese people are the victims of circumstances, of which we are guilty all together.

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