" The literature on obesity is not only voluminous, it is also full of conflicting and confusing reports and opinions. One might well apply to it the words of Artemus Ward: “The researches of so many eminent scientific men have thrown so much darkness upon the subject that if they continue their researches we shall soon know nothing.” HILDE BRUCH, The Importance of Overweight, 1957 "

― Gary Taubes , Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease