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290lb Man Sues White Castle For Not Enlarging Booths
A 290lb stockbroker is suing White Castle because he says he can’t fit it any of their booths. He says the chain promised to make the booths bigger and even showed him schematics of the new designs,...
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American Adults Are Fatter Than In 1990 And Happy About It
The bad news is Americans are fatter today than they were in 1990, says a new Gallup poll. But the good news is that the average U.S. citizen isn’t bumming about it, and instead, we’re pretty content...
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Why The Worst Time To Snack Is Before Lunch
If you get hungry mid-morning, you may be better off eating lunch early rather than munching on something to tide you over. A study suggests snacking between breakfast and lunch could be a sign that...
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Study: Don't Blame School Lunches For Childhood Obesity
As childhood obesity rates have increased over the last few decades, a lot of focus has been put on insuring that school lunches are healthier than the chocolate milk/cheeseburger/tater tot pig-out...
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Scientists Suggest Restricting Sugar Sales For Youngsters
Arguing that sugar is as additive as tobacco or alcohol, scientists at the University of California San Francisco say that the sweet stuff should be regulated in much the same way as those products....
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CDC Says Processed Foods Are Making Kids Fat
A major reason more than a third of American children are struggling with obesity is the copious amount of sugar they take in every day, with processed foods providing a significant share. That’s the...
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Study: Obese Moms Birth Kids With Greater Risk Of Autism
Science continues to scramble for reasons that children become autistic. The latest straw to which researchers are grasping is that children whose mothers were obese during pregnancy have an increased...
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Would You Feel More Comfortable Exercising In A Gym That Bans Skinny People?
One of the main reasons given for avoiding the gym is anxiety or embarrassment about trying to exercise while surrounded by people who are already in shape. But some gyms are now actively marketing...
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AMA Says Money From Soda Taxes Should Be Used To Fight Obesity
While the American Medical Association isn’t going so far as to say we should institute a tax on sugary sodas so as to combat the obesity crisis, it did recommend that any such taxes should be used for...
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As If We Need Another Reason To Hate BPAs, Study Links Them To Higher...
Chemical bisphenol-A, otherwise known as widely-reviled and controversial BPA, now has another bit of mud to wipe off its face. A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has linked...
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Gym Staff Member Bullies Couple For Being Fat, So They Want Out Of Their...
(C X 2) It’s hard enough some days to motivate oneself to get off the couch and head to the gym: what if you had to worry about being bullied and harassed by one of the staff personal trainers whenever...
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Tanning Salon Tells Woman She’s Too Fat To Bronze, Won’t Give Refund
(WKYC)No one can escape the laws of physics, but businesses should at least try to follow the rule of “don’t sell people things that you have no intention of providing.” An Ohio woman claims that a...
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Coca-Cola Says It Will Stop Marketing To Kids
(Paxton Holley)Being the nation’s largest soft-drink company, Coca-Cola has found itself the target of criticism from some lawmakers, regulators, public health advocates, and parents about sugary...
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Mexico Replaces U.S. As The Most Obese Developed Nation In The World
(Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie) Slap yourself on the back with a salad fork and take a break from those crunches you’re probably totally doing right now, Americans. A new report says we’ve been knocked...
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Studies Link Plastic Food Packaging To Diabetes, Obesity Risks In Kids
Because there are apparently not enough studies to convince the Food and Drug Administration that controversial chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) should not be used in just about every form of food packaging,...
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Did Rue 21 Kick This Teen Out Of Store For Being Too Fat?
There are gracious ways to tell someone that your store doesn’t sell clothes that fit them. Throwing a teenage customer out of the store by saying, “You’re too big to be in this store. I need you to...
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Family Of Woman Killed On Six Flags Roller Coaster Sues, Coaster To Reopen...
(Alan Rappa) Yesterday, the family of the 52-year-old grandmother killed in the accident filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Later the same day, the park announced that they will reopen the ride this...
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Appeals Court Shuts Down New York City’s Attack On Big Soda
(Xavier J. Peg)Though Michael Bloomberg may no longer be Mayor of New York City, his legacy continues to linger like the taste of a sugary drink in the back of your mouth. More than a year after a...
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No Tax On Sugary Drinks In California After State Assembly Committee Vote
California lawmakers trying to get a $0.02 tax imposed on sodas and other sugary drinks in the state have come up empty, after the proposed measure failed to pass an Assembly committee. Supporters said...
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University Med School Returns $1M Gift To Coca-Cola
Last year, Coca-Cola donated $1 million to the University of Colorado School of Medicine, with the money intended to fund a pro-soda advocacy group called the Global Energy Balance Network. After being...
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