Word: overweightness
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...hips. No matter how they exercise, excess pounds seem to pile up there and at the buttocks and thighs. But at last there seems to be some compensation for the pear-shaped. (No, not another grapefruit diet.) According to Dr. Ahmed Kissebah of the Medical College of Wisconsin, overweight women whose body fat is concentrated below the waist run a relatively low risk of contracting diabetes, a frequently serious disease that disrupts the normal metabolism of sugar into energy and afflicts one out of 20 Americans. Conversely, Kissebah warns, women with what he calls "upper-body obesity" (excess fat deposited...
Doctors have long known that overweight increases the risk of diabetes. The rule of thumb is that the risk doubles for each additional 20 lbs. of flab. Kissebah hopes his study will refine the rule. About 40% of American women are overweight, he points out, but only a quarter of that group have upper-body obesity. Such women, he suggests, should all be tested for diabetes and strongly urged to reduce. Diabetic tendencies and symptoms can often be effectively controlled or even eliminated by proper diet and weight loss alone...
...unfamiliar with the new problems they faced, but he was able to recommend just the sort of protector they wanted. No fast-talking, hard-driving angle bender, their choice instead was a lawyer who started practicing only five years ago and who acknowledges, "I'm middleaged, somewhat overweight and a Jewish mother...
...omnipresent Garfield leads chic Filene's long parade of stuffed animals which also includes "Le Mutt," and a series of overweight critters known collectively as the "Potbellies." Fancy dolls range up to $185 at Jordan Marsh across the street, and many if not all of these top-of-the-line items are incapable of performing any bodily functions...
...overweight by 50 Ibs. or more? Subtract...