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...native-American baby born into the Oglala Sioux tribe, living on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. There are a lot of things that are going to make life a challenge for you, but one of the most perilous will be your weight. Chances are very good that your parents already have a weight problem; obesity is rampant in the 30,000-member community, and half the residents over the age of 40 have Type 2 diabetes. Their genes--and yours, of course--are part of the problem: researchers theorize that Native Americans have a higher than average tendency...
...studies over the past several years have shown that low-income communities tend to have fewer recreational areas. Though it's all outside your control, nearly every aspect of your environment is pushing you toward gaining weight--which is why 43% of Native-American 5-year-olds in South Dakota are overweight or obese...
...Though the publication had a relatively small readership, an article that Stone wrote managed to reach one of the most powerful figures in Washington: George S. McGovern, the Democratic senator from South Dakota who had chaired the party’s commission to reform the primary process...
...campaign plane, chatting with staff and friends who had joined him for the special night. His aides, briefing the press, took care not to gloat about their victory over Hillary Clinton - which was finally made official by a combination of freshly elected delegates in Montana and South Dakota and a flurry of unelected superdelegates who rushed onto his bandwagon. Instead, they called Clinton "formidable," and noted that her efforts made Obama a stronger candidate...
...gave a passionate homage to his vanquished rival, noting the barriers she broke as a candidate and her critical advocacy for universal health care. At 11:06 p.m. EST, shortly after he left the rostrum in Minneapolis, Obama left Clinton a message congratulating her on winning South Dakota and asking her to call him back. At 12:16 a.m. she did, and offered to "sit down when it makes sense for you." The two candidates had already had brief contact Sunday, after Clinton's victory in Puerto Rico's primary, and aides expect them to begin more formal talks about...