comparatively minimal risk

The rub is, a hell of a lot of us seem to have a genotype that supports weight gain, even if not all of us actively express it. And that, of course, is where things get tricky. But this is an important philosophical point to make, especially if you believe in natural selection — if there were not a decided survival advantage to having the potential to gain weight and become fat, balanced against comparatively minimal risk, then that genotype wouldn’t exist, except as a rare medical anomaly. It certainly wouldn’t be as prominent as it appears to be currently. As things are, most of us seem to have the ability, even the propensity, to gain weight in an abundant environment.
- The Fat Nutritionist, June 5, 2009
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