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The Pimas lived for generations in a harsh desert climate where food was unusually scarce, and physical activity demands unusually high.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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When the Pimas live a traditional lifestyle and eat traditional Pima foods -- mesquite and tepary beans, for example -- they have unremarkable health.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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When the Pimas live a traditional lifestyle and eat traditional Pima foods -- mesquite and tepary beans, for example -- they have unremarkable health.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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Pimas who were not highly fuel efficient simply didn't survive long enough to pass on their disadvantage to any future generation of Pimas.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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The Pimas lived for generations in a harsh desert climate where food was unusually scarce, and physical activity demands unusually high.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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For a time, the Pimas had the highest rates of obesity and diabetes on the planet, and they are still, alas, contenders for those laurels.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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The dire plight of the Pimas resulted in intensive study of them, and it led to both revelations, and the obvious.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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The Pimas have, uniformly, a very low resting energy expenditure.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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Pimas who were not highly fuel efficient simply didn't survive long enough to pass on their disadvantage to any future generation of Pimas.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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For a time, the Pimas had the highest rates of obesity and diabetes on the planet, and they are still, alas, contenders for those laurels.
David Katz, M.D.: Understanding the Physics of Weight Loss 2010
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