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...says Williams, who is 5 ft. 9 in. and listed at 135 lbs. "It's not common for athletes to have those assets. I'm never going to be a size 0." Williams admits she wasn't in top shape--and still isn't--but don't call her overweight. She prefers "bootylicious." Which makes the Aussie win even more delicious. "I've never seen anyone play her way into tennis form during a major tournament," says former No. 1 Tracy Austin, now a television analyst. "She breaks all the rules...
...another explanation for the national child obesity epidemic: mothers’ weight gain during pregnancy. The seven-year study, led by Harvard Medical School instructor Emily Oken, discovered that children whose mothers gained at least the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy were four times more likely to be overweight at age three, compared to those whose mothers gained less. The recommended weight gain for women with a normal body mass index (BMI) is 25 to 35 pounds. This number varies depending on the BMI of the expecting mother. The study is published in the April issue of the American...
...HEALTH 200 Weight, in kilograms, that new stretchers installed in Australian ambulances are capable of carrying, to accommodate the growing number of obese passengers 67% Proportion of Australian men who are overweight...
...likely fire it from a confetti gun. A million fluttery pieces of conventional wisdom will swirl around a nominee or nominees once thought to be impossible: a woman, a black man, a guy in his 70s, a Mormon, a Hispanic, a Baptist preacher who used to be 100 lbs. overweight. Who knows? This is the year to bet on something unusual happening, and few things in politics are more unusual than Rudolph Giuliani - "America's mayor," the rock of 9/11, crime fighter and tax cutter...
...pets today in Adams,” promises: “I would try to be nice.” So far, students seem to be holding their own in the fight for Fifi. Take “Laura,” for instance, who has lived with her overweight hamster, Zoë, since February. “It doesn’t even fit into its ball anymore!” she complains. Chubby or not, Zoë does not get between Laura and her roommates. “They don’t care, they like it. They...