#30: Tax Fat People

2010-09-10T12:54:54Z

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Huntsville Insider Info

2010-11-02T12:20:32Z

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The Rising Obesity Tide

2010-09-11T15:48:39Z

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Workout Wednesday: Southern Obesity Rates Up/ How To Reduce Your Obesity Risks

2010-09-10T18:47:50Z

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US survey shows southern counties most obese

2010-04-16T09:01:24Z

First US county-level obesity rates show Alabama, Mississippi communities at top, CDC says

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and ...

Overweight girls more lonely, anxious: study

2010-04-16T11:29:05Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Overweight children, particularly girls, are more likely than other youngsters to feel lonely, anxious and depressed, researchers said on Monday.

In a study of more than 8,000 children they found that the negative social consequences of being overweight or obese can be felt as early as kindergarten.

"We found that both boys and girls who were overweight from kindergarten through third...

Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest

2010-04-16T11:32:52Z

Obesity rates still rising in 23 states, and Medicare should brace for influx of fat boomers

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado

Mississippi's still fattest but Alabama closing in

2010-04-16T11:33:22Z

Obesity rates still rising in 23 states, and Medicare should brace for influx of fat boomers

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, th...

Heavy Attention on Alabama Plan

2010-11-03T08:32:23Z

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Overweight to Pay Extra for Insurance

2010-10-26T10:17:36Z

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'Freshman 15' Theory Takes a Pounding

2010-10-23T09:56:15Z

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Summary Box: Obesity rates climb in most states; no state shows decline

2010-09-09T17:08:13Z

MORE POUNDS: Obesity rates climbed in 31 states last year, and no state showed a decline.

WHERE: Mississippi became the first state to crack the 30 percent barrier for adults considered to be obese. West Virginia and Alabama were just behind.

PUBLIC CRISIS: Health officials say the latest state rankings provide evidence ...

Toledo Alabama Basketball

2011-01-03T20:01:30Z

Alabama forward Tony Mitchell shoots a layup against Toledo during an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Sherri Williams holds a medical checklist that shoppers must fill out at her store in Huntsville, Ala., Saturday, Dec.18, 2010. The "romance" store called Pleasures features what's billed as the nation's first drive-thru with adult novelties for sale. Business is brisk so far, with cars sometimes lining up three deep for ...

Pepperdine Alabama Basketball

2010-12-28T21:01:28Z

Alabama head coach Anthony Grant gives instructions to members of the Alabama basketball team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010 at Coleman Coliseum in

APTOPIX Winter Weather

2010-12-25T10:30:34Z

Eleven-year-old twins, Cameron and Danielle Whitlock, make a snowman in their front yard in Decatur, Ala. on an unusually snowy Christmas morning, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. After blanketing parts of the Midwest and hampering motorists there on Christmas Eve, the storm dipped south late Friday...

Winter Weather

2010-12-25T07:31:15Z

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