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...were previously unwilling to allow any commercialization of the magazine’s content, they now say compromise may be necessary in order to achieve long-term success. After working with publishing consultants over the past year, DoubleTake has crafted a five-year plan in which it hopes to gain more mass appeal, while preserving its integrity...
...habits play an undeniable role, there's abundant evidence that environmental factors loom large in the obesity rate. Brownell likes to point to studies of immigrants from low-obesity countries such as India, Somalia and Japan. "When people move to countries where there is more obesity, they tend to gain weight," he notes. "Did they suddenly become less responsible when they moved?" More likely, they are responding to their new environment's cues to eat more calories and be less active. After years of trying to help obese patients lose weight in the land of the fat, says Brownell...
...which has set off a pharmaceutical feeding frenzy, because every compound scientists can identify as weight related represents a potential target for drug development. And any drug that can safely prevent or reduce weight gain is not only a potential blockbuster but a lifesaver as well...
Olga Arias, 46, knows what it's like to be obese. "Ever since I was a kid, I was probably always chunky," she says. "Every year I would just gain weight." By the time the 5-ft. 5-in. San Francisco city worker was 34, she tipped the scales at 260 lbs. "I was self-conscious about everything--getting on a bus, sitting in an airplane seat," she recalls. "I would put off seeing doctors, I was so embarrassed...
...from the Treasury directly (at treasurydirect.gov or through your broker. If possible, keep TIPS in a tax-sheltered account like a 401(k) or IRA. While TIPS are free from state and local taxes, you do get taxed each year at the federal level on semiannual interest payments and gain in principal, even though those amounts are automatically reinvested...