Expert Believes Fault of Obesity Due to Self

Expert: It's your fault if you're a fatty A leading expert in human nutrition has caused outrage by calling "over-fatness" a self-inflicted burden on the taxpayer. Professor John Birkbeck, adjunct professor in human nutrition at Massey University, said anti-obesity efforts won't work until society refuses to accept the condition as normal and healthy, as it has done for smoking. The 76-year-old, who moved into semi-retirement this week after 50 years in his field, rejected the notion that some… More information...