Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...numbers are staggering. Approximately 1 in 150 teenage girls in the U.S. falls prey to anorexia nervosa, broadly defined as the refusal to eat enough to maintain even a minimal body weight. Not so clear is how many more suffer from bulimia, in which they binge on food, eating perhaps two or three days' worth of meals in 30 minutes, then purge the excess by taking laxatives or inducing vomiting. Nor does age necessarily protect you. Anorexia has been diagnosed in girls as young as eight. Most deaths from the condition occur in women over...
Babe is not the only person in Hazlehurst, Mississippi who missed her mark. Her sisters nearly collapse under the weight of missed opportunities--Meg MaGrath's Hollywood singing career halted after a nervous breakdown paralyzed her emotional life, while Lenny's consuming insecurity and big-sister responsibility complex render her incapable of enjoying the relationships she has. No, in light of her family it seems that Babe came closest of all to following through on her true feelings...
Senior Dustin DeNunzio, a tri-captain on thewrestling team and an All-American in the134-pounds weight class, says he used creatinewhen he took off the 1996-97 year and was notworried about injuries or side effects...
...Creatine is very popular among wrestlers, butyou can't use it during the season because itgenerally tends to put on weight," he says. "But theoffseason is a great time to use it because youcan get in more, harder workouts. It makes liftingmore efficient and effective...
...Creatine can help wrestlers with theirstrength and help them get in shape, but it doesnot help with their skill," DeNunzio says. "Youwill get stronger if you use creatine. But you arestill the same wrestler, only now you are in adifferent weight class...