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People from Mississippi are fat. With an adult obesity rate of 33%, Mississippi has gobbled its way to the "chubbiest state" crown for the fifth year in a row, according to a new joint report by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Alabama, West Virginia and Tennessee aren't far behind, with obesity rates over 30%. In fact, eight of the 10 fattest states are in the South. The region famous for its biscuits, barbecue and pecan pies has been struggling with its weight for years - but then again, so has the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Southerners So Fat? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...ardent environmentalists who like beavers in principle but not necessarily in their backyards. They know that beavers help create wetlands, those ecologically vital landscapes that Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Leavitt calls "nature's kidneys." But, like hiring Hell's Angels to work security, relying on the continent's chubbiest rodents to put your landscape in order is not always a good idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: I'll Be Dammed! | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

Chris Montgomery is a good tight end, and according to a Princeton manager, "not a bad guy." Montgomery has made the long and arduous climb to social glory at Princeton. Once a high school student in Kansas, he is now a member of Princeton's chubbiest club, Cap and Gown...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: The Clubbie and the Jock: A Tale of Two Princes | 11/7/1970 | See Source »

...Timothy Dwight College, make a speech and answer a lot of questions. Past Chubb Fellows include Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, Dean Acheson, Herbert Brownell. Adlai Stevenson, Chester Bowles and Barry Goldwater. Against such a cast of characters, Unruh could only say on arrival: "I guess I'm the chubbiest Chubb Fellow you've had." As it turned out, he was also one of the most charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Hale Fellow at Yale | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

...indiscriminately, with complete good will and inexhaustible curiosity, Eleanor Roosevelt looked at every facet of English life. No one was any longer the least bit surprised where she turned up. In the tiny Kentish village of Barham, the proud members of the pig war club informed her that their chubbiest, pinkest piglet was named Franklin. Holding Franklin, who is being fattened even more for a Christmas raffle, Mrs. Roosevelt said soberly: "I shall tell my husband that I've seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: I Shall Tell My Husband | 11/9/1942 | See Source »

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