| Fatties, it's time to fight back: If you're judged obese, you're a second-class citizen at best (New York Daily News) |
| Indie filmmaker and fat guy Kevin Smith recently tried to fly standby on Southwest Airlines . He met all of the airline's criteria for riding in one of their 17-inch-wide seats, but the pilot still kicked him off the plane. |
| Baseball Batters Getting Fatter, Study Says (ABC News) |
| A new survey of more than 15,000 players since 1876 finds an alarming rise in corpulence among Major League Baseball players. The survey links players' ever-expanding waistlines to a higher risk of death, doubling for those considered obese, even if that weight comprises mostly muscle, not fat. Baseball - sport - Major League Baseball - Major League - People |
| Pet Obesity Continues to Grow in U.S. (PRWeb) |
| Nationwide study finds number of overweight dogs and cats increasing; owners of larger dogs and cats less aware of problem. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3703974.htm |
| Pet Obesity Continues to Grow in U.S. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) |
| Nationwide study finds number of overweight dogs and cats increasing; owners of larger dogs and cats less aware of problem. |
| MLB Dead Weight: Fatness, Mortality Up (CBS News) |
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| For Canada’s obese, exercise alone isn’t going to cut it (Canada.com) |
| It’s such a widely accepted idea it’s virtually dieting dogma, a belief pushed with almost religious zeal: you can’t lose weight without exercising more. |
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| Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria. Prev ... |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria. |
| Gut germs may drive appetite (Omaha World-Herald) |
| “People are getting obese because they're eating more, but it suggests the reason they're eating more may not simply be that calories are cheap and available,” |
| Americans getting fatter and fatter every year, studies show (The Palm Beach Post) |
| Americans getting fatter and fatter every year, studies show |
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mcdade27
20 mins ago
Fernando you bore me with your comments k?
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20 mins ago
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20 mins ago
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