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Townsend is testing one of the most controversial weapons in the war against childhood obesity. Although the number is still small--doctors estimate that perhaps 150 U.S. teens have undergone so-called gastric-bypass surgery--it could jump dramatically. The percentage of children who are overweight and obese has tripled, from about 5% in 1980 to 15% in 2000, and a dozen hospitals around the U.S. either have started doing gastric bypasses on kids or are planning to. Dr. Thomas Inge of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where Ashlee had the surgery, estimates that as many as 250,000 American...
...little time to contemplate the empty nest I had left. Then there was my father’s decision to drive to the Bronx and rescue what he described as a “Danish gentleman from the turn of the century,” a white-chested, overweight dog they named Blix. Scuppers, the oldest of the pack, even has weekly appointments with his chiropractor...
THAT at the time of the marriage, Minnelli's career was "eclipsed, she was an alcoholic, overweight, unable to be effectively merchandised...
...heard that fruits and vegetables are good for us, that restaurant portions are too big, that we should exercise more. But even a casual glance at public-health statistics suggests that Americans don't know how to put that information into practice. Two out of three Americans are overweight or obese. The incidence of Type 2 diabetes among children is climbing. And any gains we've made against heart disease by quitting smoking may be about to disappear...
...Most of them were overweight and over scared,” she said...