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The human body is so devoted to warding off potential starvation that in a society of plenty, innate weight-control mechanisms may harm more than they help.

人的身体十分注重规避可能遭遇的饥饿，但在一个供给充分的社会，这种先天的体重控制机制可能害处比益处更多。

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Researchers have pointed to various potential reasons for the weight gain that often follows smoking cessation.

研究人员已解释戒烟后发福的各种潜在的原因。

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Even if the huge weight of potential payouts to litigious patients who took Vioxx is lifted, it's hard to see how the company can stage a turnaround.

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For example, if an entrepreneur graduated at the top of his class from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, or Caltech, with a host of awards and achievements, it would carry weight with a potential investor.

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In 2007, Lilly added to Zyprexa's label a more specific warning about the potential for weight gain.

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