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A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. Some obese people are ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:58:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. Some obese people are in good health and are not predisposed to heart ailments, according to a surprise study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)

A young French boy in a nutritional reeducation center in Bullion ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:25:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - A young French boy in a nutritional reeducation center in Bullion outside Paris, 2004. According to a surprise study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine some obese people are in good health and are not predisposed to heart ailments(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)

An overweight man is shown in Washington in this 2003 file photo. ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:55:03 GMT

(AP) - An overweight man is shown in Washington in this 2003 file photo. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people, about half, have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

An overweight man walks in Washington in this 20003 file photo. ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:18 GMT

(AP) - An overweight man walks in Washington in this 20003 file photo. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people — about half — have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)

This undated photo provided by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:24:42 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - This undated photo provided by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Columbus, Ohio shows Richard Cooey. On death row in Ohio, Cooey is suing the state on grounds that due to his obesity he would suffer unduly during lethal injection, the Ohio Attorney General's office said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/Ho)

An overweight teenager eats lunch. To combat the growing problem ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:53:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - An overweight teenager eats lunch. To combat the growing problem of child obesity, a French report has suggested imposing an anti-obesity tax on sweet and fatty foods, while British health officials want to avoid the label "obese" for very overweight children.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)

Connor McCreaddie, an eight-year-old boy who weighs 14 stone ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:17:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - Connor McCreaddie, an eight-year-old boy who weighs 14 stone (90 kilograms), with his mother Nicola McKeown in front of their house in North Shields in February last year. Parents of primary school children are to receive an official government letter warning them if their child's weight is above the healthy norm for their age under new plans drawn up by the Department of Health.(AFP/File/Stringer)

Cars drive past signs for fast food restaurants in Los Angeles ...

(AP) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:30:19 GMT

(AP) - Cars drive past signs for fast food restaurants in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. The City Council is putting South Los Angeles on a diet. The council voted unanimously Tuesday, July 29 to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Customers enter a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles on Monday, ...

(AP) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:19:57 GMT

(AP) - Customers enter a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008.The City Council is putting South Los Angeles on a diet. The council voted unanimously Tuesday, July 29 to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

A McDonald's Big Mac and fries. Los Angeles officials on ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:51:14 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A McDonald's Big Mac and fries. Los Angeles officials on Tuesday approved a one-year ban on fast-food chains opening in a poor neighborhood of the city plagued by obesity, officials said.(AFP/DDP/File/Joerg Koch)

An obese patient waits for acupuncture treatment at the Aimin ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:49:23 GMT

(AP) - An obese patient waits for acupuncture treatment at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A plastic mannequin displaying acupuncture points of the human ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:49:03 GMT

(AP) - A plastic mannequin displaying acupuncture points of the human body is seen near photographs of obese patients at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Lunch boxes of obese patients at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:48:22 GMT

(AP) - Lunch boxes of obese patients at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital are seen in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obese patients wash their plates after lunch at the Aimin Fat ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:47:41 GMT

(AP) - Obese patients wash their plates after lunch at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obese patients from the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital play basketball ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:45:50 GMT

(AP) - Obese patients from the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital play basketball for exercise in Tianjin, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obese patients from the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital take to ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:45:17 GMT

(AP) - Obese patients from the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital take to a public pool for exercise in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obese patients take their lunch at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:44:12 GMT

(AP) - Obese patients take their lunch at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

An obese patient receives acupuncture treatment at the Aimin ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:43:30 GMT

(AP) - An obese patient receives acupuncture treatment at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obese patients receive acupuncture treatment at the Aimin Fat ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:41:37 GMT

(AP) - Obese patients receive acupuncture treatment at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

An obese patient checks his weight at the start of a day in ...

(AP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:41:06 GMT

(AP) - An obese patient checks his weight at the start of a day in the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the rise as living standards improve with a booming economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Pittsburgh Steelers Casey Hampton, right, works out with team ...

(AP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:04:54 GMT

(AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers Casey Hampton, right, works out with team conditioning assistant Marcel Pastoor on the first day of football training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Monday, July 28, 2008. Hampton was placed on the physically unable to perform list Sunday after reporting to training camp overweight and failing to complete the Pittsburgh Steelers' annual run test. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)