Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Except in Cleveland, where I catch cold. Ah-ha-ha. Because God made me this way, I'm not mad. I have fun all the time. Oh man, I just want to be a good basketball player." Bol's regimen for gaining weight is as oppressive as Perry's diet, though they are closing on each other cautiously. Perry says, "I don't want to be too thin." Bol says, "I don't want to be too fat." Their grace per pound is the amazement. In lateral-movement drills, Perry has to take care not to run over the slower...
Outgoing HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler said that "knowledge and life- style" factors such as smoking, alcohol, diet and obesity accounted for much of the health gap. A startling 10,909 excess deaths resulted from homicide or accidents, which Heckler deemed a health matter because more than half were related to alcohol or drug abuse. Ohio's Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes criticized the study, arguing that it failed to point out that "Reagan budget cuts have had a major impact on the health of minorities." Although Heckler proposed no new remedies, she set aside a $3 million monitoring fund to ensure...
...question remains for consumers suffering from an acute case of Coca- Cola confusion: Do Cherry Coke, diet Coke and caffeine-free Coke have the New or the Classic formula? The answer to that is neither. Each drink has a separate recipe...
...person eats too many saturated fats, however, liver cells suppress the production of LDL receptors. Cholesterol then collects in artery walls in plaques, the hallmark of atherosclerosis. Conversely, a low-cholesterol diet stimulates the output of new receptors, thereby preventing heart disease...
Their prize had been predicted for some time, and with good reason: the discovery of the LDL receptor has revolutionized scientists' knowledge of cholesterol metabolism and certain cardiovascular diseases. Says Goldstein: "We now understand the mechanism through which diet and exercise can help prevent a heart attack...