European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Today s crosswords a photo by of Wuolo bade Aung habits an not the Only Nason lot Bettty. Nature versus nurture by Gayle Young United press International Side the peach coloured Walls o1 Trie Clini fasl Center on new York s 5lh a Nua. Weeks Are measured in pounds not Days and the Lales clothes Are described by size not style weigh is a National preoccupation says clinic director Diane Britlon who once carried 200 pounds on her 5-loot 7 Frame before losing 60 pounds on a diet 01 Grapefruit and Rice. She now dispenses psychological counselling 10 dieters along with 525 calories a Day in the form of chocolate or Vanilla milkshakes. I will Ell you Why she said recently adjusting a fun House Mirror in her office that slims and elongates would be clients. When you re lat losing weight is the most important thing in  an Busti Miled $500 million is spent each year in the United Stales on obesity research As scientists attempt to Nellle an age old dispute Over nature versus nurture. Are some people born fat or Are they conditioned to be fat from birth by a culture thai uses food As a Reward and views sugar with a passion studies conducted 20 years ago indicated that children of two obese parents had an 80 percent Chance of also being obese while children whose parents were of Normal weight had Only a 14 percent Chance. We always knew obesity ran in families but we did t know Why said or. Albert Stunkard a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania who has been considered a leading researcher of lat for decades. No one knew for sure if obesity ran in families because of physical heredity or because the children were raised in an environment thai fostered  most Early researchers argued the latter conducting studies that indicated Many overweight people Al to overcome depression and thai others were raised in Homes where they were fed a steady diet of fatty and sugary food. But in me past few years Itie psychiatrists who conducted the bulk of obesity research have been joined by molecular biologists and chemists whose new studies indicate there Are specific inherited physical traits that can cause some people