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Bill, thanks for pointing me to Richard Muller's articles - must have missed them when they came out.  I guess I'm one of the fortunate fruit flies - my weight has been 165 +/- 5 pounds since high school (I'm just shy of 65 today).  I don't pay particular attention to what I eat or to my activity level, but recently have dropped dinner in favor of a beer and some peanuts (sleep better that way!). I don't blame the genes, since we are all complex chemical factories - with many similarities, but many differences.