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...then I saw Lindsay Lohan. Immediately my friends and I rushed to the lower level to do a sweep and check her out. She was sitting in a banquette in front of DJ AM, gulping nondescript cocktails and looking bored. Her posse consisted of two older men, an overweight 30-year-old woman, and her bodyguard. I almost pitied...
...corn lobby disputes it, but nutritionists have long singled out the high-fructose corn syrup used to sweeten soft drinks as one of the reasons so many U.S. kids are overweight. It certainly doesn't help mice stay trim. In an experiment at the University of Cincinnati, mice that drank fructose-laced water ate less food, gained more weight and put on 90% more body fat than mice that drank only water. Scientists say fructose may affect metabolism in a way that favors fat storage, but that's sure to be disputed too. --By David Bjerklie
...Being overweight is hard, especially at the great ole age of 13. If you are one of the "popular types," you have nothing to worry about: you're perfect and adored by everyone. But I'm basically at the middle-to-end section of the scale. There hasn't been a day since I entered middle school when I've not heard whispers behind my back. Or, in the case of one of my P.E. classes, "At least I'm not as fat as you!" said by a sore loser. But I have learned to deal. I know other people...
...going to start by talking to the kids, visiting schools around the country and telling his story. He was overweight as a child--by age 15, he weighed 210 lbs.--a problem he attributes partly to genetics and partly to a diet rich in barbecue, fried chicken, ice cream and pie. At the White House, he was an avid jogger with a taste for junk food. His weight fluctuated from 214 to 236. By the time he had his first heart operation last fall, he had taken off much of that extra weight, thanks to a modified South Beach diet...
OCCUPATION: Underachieving, overweight patriarch of award-winning prime-time cartoon household the Griffins...