[crpatino]

Agreed on most accounts. I am obese myself (closer to 'Fat Tony' than to 'Comic Book Guy'), so I know first hand that telling people to "get thin" is less than useless.

What I get pissed off at, is the insistence on some people around here that if you cannot quote scientific articles from memory, then you must be lying and your opinion should be disregarded.

There's lots we don't know about human biology. It does not mean we should go find somewhere to roll and die of whatever ill is affecting us. Somehow we need to make decisions and take actions under incomplete and inaccurate information.

Maybe my grandchildren will benefit from the enhanced understanding you talk about, and I will be grateful for it. But this does not change the fact that I need to address my own problem today.