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Why The Modern World Is Making You Overweight

Why The Modern World Is Making You Overweight

When High-Risk Genes Meet High-Risk Environment The Outcome Is Bad

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Feb 01, 2023
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In 1989 Boris Yeltsin, the former Russian President, was visiting the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, when he made an unscheduled stop at a local grocery store1.

He was mesmerised by the range of foods on offer.

He stated that if the people of Russia knew that this was available in the West, there would be a revolution.

He was so surprised by w…

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