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Italy's new Implementation of Government Programme Minister ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:54:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Italy's new Implementation of Government Programme Minister Gianfranco Rotondi attends the swearing-in ceremony at Quirinale palace in Rome in this May 8, 2008 file photo. Food-loving Italy responded with indignation November 24, 2009 to Rotondi's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped. While many European peers nibble a sandwich at their desk, most Italian workers still retire en masse to a "tavola calda" (buffet restaurant) or a works canteen for a slap-up meal, often an hour-long affair involving pasta or meat, a vegetable dish, fruit and coffee. But Rotondi said this encourages shirking and obesity, and makes the working day unnecessarily long, meaning parents get home later to see their children. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli/Files (ITALY POLITICS FOOD)

Diners are served in an upscale Caffe Platti restaurant in the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:53:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Diners are served in an upscale Caffe Platti restaurant in the northern Italian city of Turin in this December 14, 2005 file photo. Food-loving Italy responded with indignation November 24, 2009 to a minister's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped. While many European peers nibble a sandwich at their desk, most Italian workers still retire en masse to a "tavola calda" (buffet restaurant) or a works canteen for a slap-up meal, often an hour-long affair involving pasta or meat, a vegetable dish, fruit and coffee. But cabinet minister Gianfranco Rotondi said this encourages shirking and obesity, and makes the working day unnecessarily long, meaning parents get home later to see their children. REUTERS/Daniele La Monaca (ITALY POLITICS FOOD)

In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 20, 2009, doctors prepare ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:02:07 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 20, 2009, doctors prepare to perform liposuction procedure for Su Huiqing, 32, lying on the operating table of a plastic surgery hospital in Fuzhou in southeastern China's Fujian province. Plastic surgery has become commonplace practice in China as a quick fix solution to looking more beautiful or losing weight. Su became obese after years of taking hormones to treat an illness. She now weighs 150kg and plans reduce her weight to 75kg in a year. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, Su Huiqing, 32, tries ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:01:48 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, Su Huiqing, 32, tries on a elastic hood to be used for a liposuction procedure during a consultation at a plastic surgery hospital in Fuzhou in southeastern China's Fujian province. Plastic surgery has become commonplace practice in China as a quick fix solution to looking more beautiful or losing weight. Su became obese after years of taking hormones to treat an illness. She now weighs 150kg and plans reduce her weight to 75kg in a year. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, Su Huiqing, ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:01:27 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, Su Huiqing, 32, exercises in her hometown of Nanan in southeastern China's Fujian province. Plastic surgery has become commonplace practice in China as a quick fix solution to looking more beautiful or losing weight. Su became obese after years of taking hormones to treat an illness. She now weighs 150kg and plans reduce her weight to 75kg in a year.(AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 20, 2009, Su Huiqing, 32 ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:42 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 20, 2009, Su Huiqing, 32 shows the cut lines drawn for a liposuction procedure to be carried out at a plastic surgery hospital in Fuzhou in southeastern China's Fujian province. Plastic surgery has become commonplace practice in China as a quick fix solution to looking more beautiful or losing weight. Su became obese after years of taking hormones to treat an illness. She now weighs 150kg and plans reduce her weight to 75kg in a year. (AP Photo)

In this photo released by the NFL, President Barack Obama, along ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:47:01 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by the NFL, President Barack Obama, along with Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, left, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, second from right, and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, right, greet children at the White House during the filming of a public service announcement recently in Washington. The 90-second spot shows Obama and the NFL stars playing touch football with local children on the White House lawn. The PSA promotes the league's Play 60 campaign, which encourages physical activity to combat childhood obesity, and the president's community service initiative United We Serve. (AP Photo/NFL, Mike Brown)

Graph shows counties that are in the top 20 percentile and bottom ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:19:45 GMT

(AP) - Graph shows counties that are in the top 20 percentile and bottom 20 percentile nationwide for both obesity and diabetes.

Runners are seen heading out after the start of the 2008 Boston ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Runners are seen heading out after the start of the 2008 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. In a country often lampooned as populated with obese soda-swilling TV junkies, some 9.2 million people completed a certified foot race in the United States in 2008, up from 3.7 million in 1987.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Elsa)

Runners are seen competing in the 40th ING New York City Marathon, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Runners are seen competing in the 40th ING New York City Marathon, on November 1. Obesity begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in 5Ks, 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jared Wickerham)

A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:04 GMT

(AP) - A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes County. The first national statistics that look at obesity on the county level show that Mississippi has three counties among the worst in the nation, Humphreys, Jefferson and Holmes. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A resident walks around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:23 GMT

(AP) - A resident walks around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes County, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The first national statistics that look at obesity on the county level show that Mississippi has three counties among the worst in the nation, Humphreys, Jefferson and Holmes. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Nicholas Trolli, president of the Amalgamated Order of Real ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:39:11 GMT

(AP) - Nicholas Trolli, president of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, poses for a photograph in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that round belly. Research has suggested obesity could be a risk factor. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

David Oelerich stands by some of the Santa suits he rents to ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:15 GMT

(AP) - David Oelerich stands by some of the Santa suits he rents to Santa's around New England and Canada at his 'Costumes of Nashua' shop in Hudson, N.H., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Ernest Berger, president of the nation's largest volunteer Santa group, wants Congress to declare Santas a high-priority for the vaccine for two reasons: they're exposed to hordes of children, and many of them are overweight. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT

(AFP/File) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)

This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, patrons order drinks at Club Bounce ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:56:54 GMT

(AP) - This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, patrons order drinks at Club Bounce in Long Beach, Calif. The club is specifically aimed at attracting overweight individuals. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews, File)

This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, patrons dance at Club Bounce in ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:51 GMT

(AP) - This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, patrons dance at Club Bounce in Long Beach, Calif. The club is specifically aimed at attracting overweight individuals. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews, File)

An obese child steps on a scale. The recent sharp rise in child ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:43:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - An obese child steps on a scale. The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF).(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)

World Champion athlete Laila Ali joined the Anthem Blue Cross ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:58:12 GMT

(AP) - World Champion athlete Laila Ali joined the Anthem Blue Cross and California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Live Like a Champion Tour at Kentwood Elementary to combat the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. Ali stepped into the ring for a round with a speed bag and to teach kids the importance of conditioning activities such as push-ups, sit-ups and jumping rope. (PRNewsFoto/Anthem Blue Cross)

Calfee, a Chow Chow, is blown dry after a shower at a pet hotel ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:59 GMT

(Reuters) - Calfee, a Chow Chow, is blown dry after a shower at a pet hotel in Taipei October 29, 2009. The pet hotel is one of the few places in Taiwan that uses swimming as part of a weight loss program and physical therapy for post-surgery dogs. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Happy, a Labrador mix, jumps into the swimming pool at a pet ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:29:29 GMT

(Reuters) - Happy, a Labrador mix, jumps into the swimming pool at a pet hotel in Taipei October 29, 2009. Happy's owners are in China and left him at the pet hotel which is one of the few places in Taiwan that uses swimming as part of a weight loss program and physical therapy for post-surgery dogs. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Happy, a Labrador mix, jumps into the swimming pool at a pet ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:28:21 GMT

A bottle of medication pills. Children and teenagers that took ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:53:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A bottle of medication pills. Children and teenagers that took what specialists call "second generation" anti-psychotic medicine were at risk for obesity, according to a study in a US journal out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

This photo taken Aug. 8, 2009 shows patrons ordering drinks ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:41:49 GMT

(AP) - This photo taken Aug. 8, 2009 shows patrons ordering drinks at Club Bounce in Long Beach, Calif. The club is specifically aimed at attracting overweight individuals.(AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)

This photo taken Aug. 8, 2009 shows patrons dancing at Club ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:41:35 GMT

(AP) - This photo taken Aug. 8, 2009 shows patrons dancing at Club Bounce in Long Beach, Calif. The club is specifically aimed at attracting overweight individuals.(AP Photo/ Philip Scott Andrews)