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- The High Price of Twinkies: Driven By a Demon Called The Inner Fat Kid
  Posted by Orato
  I was a timid little kid. So much so that I’ve often wondered if my caesarian birth simply sprang me from that comfy womb before I was ready. By the time I was halfway through elementary school, I had managed to shield myself from the growing number of bullies with a growing armor of fat... Eventually I came to feel terribly isolated and freakish. There was only one kid in class fatter than me. Little solace; I saw my own misery in his. My parents tried to help, but it came to nothing.
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- Eating Organic on a Food Stamp Budget
  Posted by Jeff from World Changing
  Sarah Rich: There's a paradoxical tension between rising public interest in healthy, organic, local food and rising rates of obesity-related illness in the US. To put it...
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- Crematoria struggle with obese
  Posted by Jeff from BBC News
  What we need are Coke-branded coffins: "Standard coffins range from 16-20 inches, but coffins up to 40 inches are becoming increasingly common. The LGA, which represents over 400 councils in England and Wales, is warning that local authorities are finding that many of their furnaces are too narrow to deal with these larger coffins."
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- Empty House, Full Stomach
  Posted by Orato
  My name is Greg Penney, I'm 17 years old, 5'6" and weigh more than most teenagers my age. I've always been the class clown, hiding behind my jokes, but it's not always easy to see the pain I carry inside. Now I'd like to offer my voice, so society can hear about it in my own words.
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- More Dangerous Than Smoking? Death by Soda
  Posted by Jeff from Alternet
  Too put this dangerous pattern in to perspective, one regular 12-ounce can of sugar-sweetened soda contains approximately 150 calories with close to 50 grams of sugar. If this is added to the typical American diet, one can of soda per day could lead to a weight gain of 15 pounds in one year.
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- Overweight? Blame bacteria in your gut
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  But growing evidence of this link gives scientists a potentially new and still distant way of fighting obesity: Change the bacteria in the intestines and stomach. It also may lead to a way of fighting malnutrition in the developing world.
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- Seduced by Snacks? No, Not You
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  When it comes to the slippery issues of snacking and portion control, no one thinks he or she is the schmo who digs deep into the snack bowl without thinking, or orders dessert just because a restaurant plays a certain kind of music. “To a person, people will swear they aren’t influenced by the size of a package or how much variety there is on a buffet or the fancy name on a can of beans, but they are,” Dr. Wansink said. “Every time.” He has the data to prove it. Dr. Wansink, who holds a doctorate in marketing from Stanford University and directs the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, probably knows more about why we put things in our mouths than anybody else. His experiments examine the cues that make us eat the way we do.
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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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11:23 am 7/16/08
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More Dangerous Than Smoking? Death by Soda

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

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9:11 pm 12/27/06

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