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...strength from other issues. These include U.S. pressure to continue low-flying Air Force exercises over West German territory, despite several accidents that have claimed civilian lives. Said Volker Ruhe, deputy parliamentary leader of Kohl's Christian Democratic Party: "These shrill tones show that the ice has become much thinner...
...vegetable noodles, however, were an overwhelming hit. The noodles were a bit thinner and crisper than standard Lo Mein fare, but the difference was appealing. Generous portions of scallions and mushrooms and lightly fried chicken rounded out the meal, and complemented the Molson well...
...showed that some fat people, rather than being slothful or gluttonous, have an inborn predisposition to gain weight. Reason: instead of burning off excess calories as others do, obese bodies are programmed to convert them into fat. Thus, while fat people may eat the same amount of food as thinner people do, they gain more weight. Moreover, their tendency to get fat is probably hereditary...
...measured how many calories the babies took in and how many they burned off. By three months of age, six of the babies with overweight mothers were generating 21% less energy than the rest. At one year, the six had become overweight, although they ate no more than the thinner babies...
...persuasive evidence that a low-fat diet can help prevent, and even treat, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. I'm of the school that holds that low-fat diets also reduce the risk of colon and breast cancer." At the very least, Gorbach notes, vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters, and that alone is beneficial...