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...average woman was 122 lb. (55 kg). By 2000, men had plumped up to 166 lb. (75 kg) and women to 144 lb. (65 kg). And while the small increase in average height for men (women have remained the same) accounts for a bit of that, our eating habits are clearly responsible for most. Over the past 20 years in particular, we've stuffed ourselves like pâté geese. In 1985 there were only eight states in which more than 10% of the adult population was obese - though the data collection then was admittedly spottier than...
...child's food intake. "If you have a house full of goodies and say, 'Johnny, you can't have this,' then that could be damaging," she says. "But if the way you restrict your child is just to provide a healthy home environment where you allow them a little bit of choice--apples or grapes for dessert, for instance--then you're giving children a chance to decide for themselves while also helping them develop healthy habits...
Finally, you can try to lighten the guilt load a bit. "There's a lot of parent-blaming that goes on," says the New York Obesity Research Center's Carnell, part of a British team trying to tease out just how genetics affect appetite, "and I think that's probably unfair. Parents are a powerful influence, but there are other influences as well--like genes." Recognizing that at least some cards in the obesity hand are dealt even before a child is born can be an important first step for parents and kids accustomed to thinking their weight woes...
...Champions' League final was held in Moscow, because Chelsea is owned by a Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, who made his money investing in denationalized Russian industries. Since he bought the team in 2003, Abramovich has sunk over $1.1 billion into it, and bagged five trophies. That makes each bit of silver pretty expensive, but for a man whose personal fortune is estimated to be as high as $23 billion, the glory appears to be worth the price...
...earlier this week, after the reports of Johnson's ties first surfaced, McCain leaped at the chance to be outraged. "I think it suggests a bit of a contradiction, talking about how his campaign is going to be not associated with people like that," McCain told Fox News on Monday. "Clearly he is very much associated with that." The Republican opposition research machine went into overdrive, bombarding reporters with all the telling details of Johnson's record as a powerful man who profited from his own relationships. Conservative blogs and the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal...