Word: overweightness
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...wonder so many of us are overweight, ill-nourished and just plain frustrated about how to shape up: every day brings more conflicting medical advice. Here's what experts are reporting now: IS FAT THAT BAD? Everyone knows that a diet low in fat helps the heart and prevents cancer. But what if it doesn't? A $415 million, 12-year U.S. study of 49,000 older women found that a low-fat diet did not significantly reduce breast cancer, colorectal cancer or heart disease. But low-fat advocates say the study didn't distinguish between good fats such...
...study in Epidemiology finds that the longer infants are breastfed--as opposed to bottle-fed--the less likely they are to become overweight as teens. Experts recommend breastfeeding exclusively for Baby's first six months...
Never mind that Israeli voters weren't quite sure precisely what that would be: Sharon's policy of strength alone seemed to promise relief from the impasse of the occupation. If Israelis had doubts about the longevity of their aging, overweight leader, most just shrugged them off. But Sharon's health became an issue in December. His doctors said he had suffered a minor stroke, but within days he was back...
...planet, Bono rarely has a down moment, but on the rare occasions when he removes his sunglasses, thick scrolls of tissue are visible under his eyes. For months his exercise routine has been compromised by a prolapsed disk in his back. "It's annoying to me that I'm overweight now," he says. He speaks to his children every other day while he's on the road, a nontraditional arrangement but one they've known all their lives. Still, he misses his family profoundly. The band, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March...
...MUCH JUNK IN THE TRUNK In an Irish study of 50 patients, two-thirds were so overweight that standard needles could not reach the muscle tissue in their rears through...