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- Obese travelers in Canada get 2 seats, pay for 1
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Canada's largest airline is trying to figure out which obese and disabled passengers will be eligible for additional seats at no charge after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the airlines. The Canadian Transportation Agency issued an order last January requiring Air Canada and other domestic airlines to make additional seats free to disabled or obese passengers who need extra room.
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- New Yorkers try to swallow calorie sticker shock
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  Putting the brakes on thoughtlessly inhaling calories is exactly the effect New York City health officials hoped the law would have. They say calorie labels could reduce the number of obese New Yorkers by 150,000 over the next five years, and prevent 30,000 cases of diabetes. New York is not the only city pushing calorie labels. New laws in Seattle and California's Santa Clara and San Francisco are scheduled to go into effect later this year,
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- Air ambulances address issue of obese patients
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  The obesity epidemic meets the health care crisis. Meanwhile, we continue subsidizing corn syrup.
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- Small World ride revamped for bigger passengers
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  The Small World ride now must accommodate adults who frequently weigh north of 200 pounds, which it often cannot do. Increasingly, overweighted boats get to certain points in the ride and bottom out, becoming stuck in the flume. via BoingBoing
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- 75 percent of Americans overweight by 2015
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Fear your twinkies not terrorists: If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
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- The Debate Over Subsidizing Snacks
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Increasingly, people are blaming the farm bill, and the longstanding agriculture policy it embodies, for some of the problems afflicting the country: the growth in obesity, the increase in food poisonings, and the disappearance of the family farm.
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- Livin' La Vida Low Carb
  Posted by Orato
  With shows like Big Medicine premiering on The Learning Channel, I’m afraid there’s going to be a trend of gastric bypass surgery going mainstream. I am so fearful that we have gotten to the point in our country where we look at surgery as a first option, rather than as a last resort. I don’t think enough of the doctors have educated themselves about all the natural ways that people can lose weight...
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New Yorkers try to swallow calorie sticker shock

America has an obesity problem, but it’s in part because we’re surrounded by sugary carbs. This law is a great step towards creating awareness and driving demand towards leaner options (like the one mentioned anecdotally in the article – though I don’t recommend the steak).

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I’m a soda addict. Gotta have it. Cherry Vanilla Coke is the BOMB.

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