----- Original Message ----- From: "Amadeus Schmidt" > Evolutionary there's *disadvantage* for obesity, > and, btw. little chance to see a fat koisan, aboriginal, yanonami. Obesity is disadvantgeous, when it impairs your physical capabilities (running etc) (there might be a gender difference - if you believe in "man the hunter" / "woman the gatherer") But wouldn´t moderate overweight (a few kgs ) be advantageous? as an energy reserve ( for food scarcity and disease, broken limbs etc.) and perhaps for insulation (subcutaneous fat) - were the eskimos fatter than the bushmen ? Esben