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...results imply that obesity can be rooted in the very early stages of life, according to Elsie M. Taveras, the study’s lead investigator and an assistant professor at the Medical School. “Some think, ‘oh, it’s just baby fat, it’s cute, it’ll go away,’” Taveras said. “Our results will be surprising to people who thought there are no consequences for a chubby baby.” Taveras said she understands that, upon learning...
...conscious Brazil, the nation of Gisele Bündchen, plastic surgery and minuscule bikinis, it was the obesity figures that caused the most anxiety. Any suggestion that the girl from Ipanema is not necessarily tall and tan and young and lovely, but could possibly be short and pale and fat and ugly, can cause a scandal here. When the New York Times reported in 2005 that Brazilians were getting fatter, the correspondent came under attack in the media as a gay, Brazilian-hating heretic...
...July 2008, Cambridge became the third municipality in Massachusetts to ban the use of artificial trans fat in restaurants and other food service establishments, following Brookline and Boston. Phase one of the ban begins July 1, 2009 and affects cooking oils, shortening, and margarines containing artificial trans fat, and the full ban will take effect on October...
According to a report by the Cambridge Trans Fat Task Force, the decision to ban artificial trans fat was based on scientific evidence linking trans fat to many health problems—including diabetes, heart disease, and obesity—as well as the desire to protect consumers, who may not know the trans fat content of meals prepared outside the home...
...Harvard, HUDS completely eliminated trans fat in fall 2007 after years of gradually phasing...