I definitely agree. Because, regardless of everything else, if lots of people in Hawai'i are fat, and statistically speaking, they're not dying as projected . . . well, something is odd about that. Either low-stress or helpful native genes or . . . well, any number of things. It's definitely worth looking into.
(Interestingly, I was in Hilo, Hawai'i [locally] and Maui, O'ahu [touristy] in June-July of 2005, and while I recall seeing some overweight people, I don't recall seeing an alarmingly high number of them. Then again, when I think of "obese" I think morbidly so, so perhaps someone 40-pounds overweight wouldn't ping on my radar as "obese" but just "above average" etc.)
Anyway. I'd definitely be interesting in seeing you follow up on this.
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Date: 2006-11-09 02:40 am (UTC)(Interestingly, I was in Hilo, Hawai'i [locally] and Maui, O'ahu [touristy] in June-July of 2005, and while I recall seeing some overweight people, I don't recall seeing an alarmingly high number of them. Then again, when I think of "obese" I think morbidly so, so perhaps someone 40-pounds overweight wouldn't ping on my radar as "obese" but just "above average" etc.)
Anyway. I'd definitely be interesting in seeing you follow up on this.