Word: overweightness
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...MILKY WAY No one is saying you should rush out for a milk shake, but a controversial study suggests that consuming dairy products--especially milk and cheese--can reduce the risk of insulin-resistance syndrome, a precursor to diabetes. The researchers found that overweight young adults who ate dairy at least five times a day were 70% less likely to develop the problem. One reason: the lactose in milk and cheese is metabolized slowly and may help regulate blood-sugar levels. Better yet, you might try mixing some oatmeal with your milk. The combination of fiber and milk, say scientists...
Mark Pereira, an epidemiologist at the Children’s Hospital and HMS who oversaw the study, said insulin resistance can occur in obese individuals because they have a compromised ability to process insulin. The study showed that for overweight people, consuming dairy products more than five times a day, as opposed to only once, can reduce the risk of insulin resistance syndrome by 72 percent...
...Percentage of adult Americans who are overweight...
Despite being overweight and underprepared, Ohno was devastated when he failed to make the '98 Olympic team. He flew home and spent a week in a secluded cabin trying to figure out whether he had the makings of an elite athlete...
...This is hardly the first time McDonald's France has aligned itself with symbols alien to, and even at odds with America's own. In 1998, for example, the company ran a print ad campaign featuring overweight cowboys complaining about the fact that McDonald's France refuses to buy American beef but uses only French, to "guarantee maximum hygienic conditions" - an unsubtle effort to identify the Global Arches with European efforts to block the import of hormone-laced American beef...