# I unhappily report that I am right about obesity and diet (Very long)

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**Created:** [February 16, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-unhappily-report-that-i-am-right-about-obesity-and-diet-very-long/571543 "2011-02-16T04:25:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-unhappily-report-that-i-am-right-about-obesity-and-diet-very-long/571543/220 "2011-03-02T00:54:37Z")

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> [@Richard\_Parker](#):
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> or the book goes against well-accepted science.

This proves that you have not read the book yourself, because the book demonstrates that however “well-accepted” you imagine genuine science to be… the _ **real** _ science (which the book extensively demonstrates is repeatedly ignored) _ **does not agree** _ with what is “well-accepted” to be true and _ **assumed** _ to be proved true by science. That is _ **the entire point of the book:** _ to show that what is “well-accepted” just isn’t so, and everyone keeps saying it in spite of the fact that we don’t really have good reasons to believe it.

Read the book. The actual book itself, not summaries or reviews. Get an education.

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