The woman beside me has a large weight problem. She's also drinking a diet Coke. <\/p>\n
You just want to say to her, "diet soda is more strongly correlated with weight gain than even the regular syrupy sodas. <\/p>\n
It is not your answer, anfd it may be part of your troubles!! <\/p>\n
I think we are making progress in changing the culture — I see it in snippets now and then — but it has a wicked strong undertow that wants to suck us out into an unhealthy lifestyle.
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