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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Trends in Obesity, Poverty, and Public Assistance 9 2 The “Public Assistance Causes Obesity” Hypothesis 23 3 The “Obesity Causes Public Assistance” Hypothesis 49 4 The “Poverty Causes Both Public Assistance and Obesity” Hypothesis 70 5 The “Factor X Causes Both Public Assistance and Obesity” Hypothesis 115 6 Common Threads and Conclusions 128 Notes 139 References 143 Index 189 ...

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