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THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A TRIUMPH OVER ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY: ?More than one in 10 of the world?s p?

By Glenn Reynolds

THIS ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A TRIUMPH OVER ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY: “More than one in 10 of the world’s population is obese ? more than half a billion adults ? and rates have doubled since 1980.” Think about it: For millions of years, the normal condition of humanity was hunger. Now, it’s becoming overeating. Okay, that’s not ideal — but it’s actually progress. If the price of the escape from hunger and premature death is more fatties, that’s not a bad trade, really.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).