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To the Editor: The study of overweight and mortality in women (Sept. 14 issue)¹ by Manson and colleagues arrives at some conclusions that may complicate the treatment of women with eating disorders, who are already obsessed with the absolute value of being thin.

Conceptually, there are problems in assuming that weight (like cigarette smoking or exercise) is a controllable variable of habit and lifestyle. Overweight may or may not be primarily a behavioral effect — it may instead embody genetic factors that also predispose people to earlier mortality. Even if the authors are correct in concluding that higher weight is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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