In a message dated 97-08-08 18:20:11 EDT, you write: << It turned out the craving for ice cream was so nearly so universal among the PWP >> My Barbara has been addicted to ice cream even before she became acquainted with the dairy bar of the School of Agriculture at Cornell U. a few years ago (That's the way it should be made.). She was diagnosed with PD well over forty years later. This is the kind of addiction from which the obese should be shielded, as it is likely quite contagious. Bon appetit Michel M.