Quotes by Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

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“What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the evidence actually supports what we're being told - or what we...”
— Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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“It may be easier to believe that we remain lean because we're virtuous and we get fat because we're not, but the evidence simply says otherwise. Virtue has little more to with our weight than our h...”
— Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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“Even if these researchers do see the need to address the problem immediately, though they have obligations and legitimate interests elsewhere, including being funded for other research. With luck, ...”
— Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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“What I tried to make clear in Good Calories, Bad Calories was that nutrition and obesity research lost its way after the Second World War with the evaporation of the European community of scientist...”
— Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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