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...actually abusing their bodies--and in particular, their hearts. The cholesterol in steaks, cream, butter and especially those breakfast eggs was clogging arteries like sludge in a stopped-up drainpipe. Salt was poison: it drove up blood pressure and put an unhealthy strain on the ticker. Overeating and becoming overweight were a sure ticket to a coronary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat Your Heart Out | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...soda deal, in the meantime, will affect at least 35 million school-age children, and by any measure it comes none too soon. Two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, and so are a shocking 17% of kids, with another 15% at risk. Children who start life fat often stay that way, with all the attendant health consequences. Kids as young as 10 are turning up with obesity-related Type 2 diabetes, which used to be known as the adult-onset form of the disease. The Clinton-backed plan would cut off a significant part of the sugar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bill Put the Fizz in the Fight Against Fat | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...blind, overweight patient in the wheelchair has terrible pain in her back and burning pain in her legs. She also has advanced arthritis in her knees and end-stage circulatory disease, which have left her with two useless legs that are red, swollen and infected. Now her shoulder has started to hurt. She can't raise her arm to comb her hair. Five or six other things are wrong with her--she tells me about each. Some we can help; most we can't. I tell her as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: What Makes a Good Patient? | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...risks, also offer huge opportunities in emerging economies. They are the prime beneficiaries of the demise of the communist and socialist ideology, the invention of instant and free communication, and efficient transportation and distribution, as well as easy U.S. monetary policies. Investors would do well to have a significant overweight position in countries as diverse as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Singapore, which are likely to significantly outperform the U.S. over the next few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wealth on the Wing | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

...Ramos, a smooth talker trying to win the ladies. Yaya DaCosta and Rob Brown (“Coach Carter”) as Lahrette and Rock both give standout performances as two students with intertwined past tragedies who fall in love through dance. Brandon Andrews plays Monster, a tall, overweight teen in need of confidence, stealing viewers’ hearts as he improves his dancing skills with his partner...

Author: By Reva P. Minkoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Take the Lead | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

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