Art Carey | Don't pork up watching pigskin
With America in the throes of an epidemic of obesity, some food fascists are trying to solve the problem by suing outfits such as McDonald's for purveying junk food.
( By Art Carey, Inquirer Columnist, 10/21/2002 06:39 AM PDT)

TURNING POINT: Overweight woman decided to walk away from problems
Fifteen years ago, Cindy Shiely, 49, of Mendota Heights, slipped on a piece of ice and broke her right leg. After that, she endured other crises, including more surgery, the death of her father and tensions with her only son, now 27. Through it all, Shiely, a Realtor, packed on the pounds. One night in November 2000, she decided she'd had enough. She started by walking short distances and watching portion sizes. She lost almost half her body weight. To celebrate turning 50, Shiely recently completed...
( BY RHODA FUKUSHIMA, Pioneer Press, 10/21/2002 07:14 AM PDT)

Low-Carb Diet Deemed Safe over Short Term
People who follow a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet for 6 months may lose more weight than those on a standard low-fat diet, and they appear to experience no cardiovascular problems as a result.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/21/2002 12:31 PM PDT)

Prevention Key to Fighting Obesity in Kids-Docs
Prevention, not treatment, will help contain the growing epidemic of obesity among US children, according to speakers who addressed the topic here Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Conference.
( Reuters, 10/21/2002 12:30 PM PDT)

Stopping the yo-yo
Kim Boatwright wrote down her weight in red ink on a yellow sticky note, but she couldn't bring herself to say the numbers aloud. She turned the slip of paper face down and slid it across her desk.
( By PAT BERMAN, Staff Writer, 10/15/2002 07:50 AM PDT)

Nearly a third of adults rated obese
Americans are even fatter than they think they are, with nearly a third of all adults - almost 59 million people - rated obese in a disturbing new government survey based on actual body measurements.
( By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer, 10/09/2002 06:51 AM PDT)

Experts, senator criticize ephedra
A senator chided the Food and Drug Administration for not taking some action to block the sales of diet supplements containing ephedra, an herb that has been linked in many reports with heart attacks, high blood pressure and even death.
( PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer, 10/09/2002 06:43 AM PDT)

'ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE'
She weighed 300 pounds. Her girth drew judgmental stares. He weighed 750. He wouldn't leave the house. Dayah Lee Narvaez and Andres Schlesinger never met. But the Carol City woman and North Miami Beach man led similarly agonizing lives until Dr. Robert T. Marema of Fort Lauderdale offered them a last-chance cure: gastric bypass surgery.
( BY MICHAEL A.W. OTTEY, mottey@herald.com, 10/07/2002 07:18 AM PDT)