I've been lard off
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A 30-STONE factory worker has been laid off - in case he falls on his pals and CRUSHES them. Tubby Barry Fowers had to climb on platforms despite being prone to blackouts. But he was considered a danger to himself and others and took an offer of redundancy at his job making power equipment. Barry, 51 - who also has diabetes, angina and other heart problems - said: "I had to climb on to platforms about three feet off the floor to install parts. They were worried I might pass out through my diabetes. They said my weight was a...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
Are You Fat? This Poll Claims It's Likely Even If You Don't Think So
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Next time you decide to comment on another person's weight, you might want to ask them to comment on yours. At least that's what the results of a Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll say. That's if you tend to believe the same experts that brought you the H1N1 epidemic in 2009. From Yahoo! News via Healthday: Many Americans Don't Even Know They're Fat Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds. As part of the Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey, respondents...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
I want Google OFF my computer.
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It locks up. It locks up Blogger, too. It did it when I was composing this despatch, and I had to recreate it. What a waste of my time! Furthermore, it takes forever to load, as if it's scanning every byte of my computer for stuff it can parse with my email and put together into some sort of profile of me that it can sell to someone. I'm over that. I'm also over this obesity shit. I see people who literally *wobble* around, wearing this "oh, feel sorry for ME!" look on their faces. When I was a kid,...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
Where's the Michelle Obama Who Said This?
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Earlier this year, Michelle Obama announced she wanted to take on childhood obesity. There’s rarely been a more non-controversial topic touted in Washington, D.C. It’s like grade inflation for poll numbers. So she rolled out this nationwide initiative, Let’s Move, earlier in 2010.  She said she learned when she and Barack were working that her children’s nutrition was suffering from not being able to cook meals for them. She said she started making changes and wanted to bring those lessons to the White House. Apparently, they were all lessons she forgot when trying to win over Iowa voters on the...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
603-Pound Thai Woman Leaves Home On Forklift
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BANGKOK -- A 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift. Neighbors of 40-year-old Umnuayporn Tongprapai contacted the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority when they learned she needed medical attention to remove a tumor in her right leg.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
Metabolic Fitness is the Key to Living a Healthy Lifestyle
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The weight-centric approach to health is the most common, but least effective philosophy. A healthy metabolism is more important than numbers on a scale. Despite what personal trainers, nutritional gurus and the diet industry have been telling you all of these years, weight loss and weighing less is not the key to living a healthy lifestyle. As a matter of fact, there have been studies that show weight loss can increase the risk of premature death from heart disease. But these findings haven’t dissuaded the forces that perpetuate the notion that thin is in. Rather than worry about numbers on...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
UCSF study finds racial gaps in child obesity
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For the first time in more than three decades, obesity rates for white and Asian children are falling in California, and they seem to have leveled off for Hispanic kids - all good signs that public health campaigns aimed at keeping young people away from unhealthful sweets and fatty foods are starting to work, according to a UCSF study. The bad news is that those programs don't seem to be reaching all children. In particular, obesity rates are still climbing for black and American Indian girls. And the percentage of youths in the heaviest range - those whose body mass...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
You like a statin with that?
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Make that a burger, fries and a side of Lipitor, please. It could happen. As a public service, British researchers are proposing that fast-food eateries dole out complimentary cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to offset the hazardous glories of their fatty cuisines.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 09:44:45 AM
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