[Marxism] Cuban sanctions linked to obesity in americans

[Walter Lippmann]

It seems unreasonable to think there is a single cause of
obesity in the United States, or anywhere else. There is
clearl a complex of causes including diet, the modern lack
of physical exercise and the generally sedentary lifestyle
which characterize the modern world. Different people have
different metabolisms, but lifestyles and personal habits
make an obvious difference. When I was younger and more
physically active than I am now, I was thinner and felt
physically, and emotionally, better. Of course, when much
younger, I also was a cigaret smoker. In my mid-thirties 
I have up cigarets, took up physical exercise, and both
lost weight and lost fat.

So I think it makes more sense to speak of a combination
of nutritional, cultural, social and habitual factors.
If you put the word "obesidad" in any Cuban newspaper's
website, you will find plenty of references to studies
about this. 

The End of a story of obesity:
http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs403.html

Cuba has this problem as well, by the way. It's something
I've noticed in recent visits with some dismay, especially
in Cuban children.
http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs403.html

Cuban VP Carlos Lage  told a local government leader's meeting:
Sleeping less than 6 hours is held to be a cause for obesity, 
and that is a risk to be avoided. Yet, as I reread [Cuban 
National Hero José] Martí’s diary a few days ago I found 
these words: «sleeping is guilty for as long as something 
remains to be done».
http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs1982.html

YOGA THE CUBAN WAY:
http://www.walterlippmann.com/yalc.html
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"The root of the obesity problem" 

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     WALTER LIPPMANN
     Los Angeles, California
     Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
     "Cuba - Un Paraíso bajo el bloqueo"
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