Overweight

Locals got a little taste from star chef Jamie Oliver Friday afternoon as a mother-daughter cooking duo served up a handful of the Brit's basic recipes at Ginette in east Beirut's Gemmayzeh. The buffet lunch at this cafe-gallery was held as part of...

Look around the next time you line up for a race or log miles on a trail: Recreational running -- in Austin and around the country -- draws a predominantly white crowd. On a recent Saturday morning, though, one boisterous group was doing its best to...

Known for her many civic and philanthropic contributions to her hometown, Kansas City native Sheila Kemper Dietrich took on a new challenge following a move to Boulder, Colo., eight years ago with her husband, Walter Dietrich, and daughter Cynthia....

A GROUP of Bahrainis are setting their sights on climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise awareness about rising obesity levels in Bahrain. Five Bahrainis and their Canadian coach decided to bring the issue to light after learning it ranks among the...

Richard Pitino was the last of eight Gophers coaches to speak Friday at the Mankato City Center Hotel. And quarterback Philip Nelson, a Mankato favorite from his days at West High School, had made a surprise appearance in front of the hometown folks. So...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy women are less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than their slimmer peers, according to a new study. Researchers following more than 116,000 women found that morbidly obese study participants were 39 percent less...

Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO Mike Jeffries has pissed off a whole lot of people with his comments that his clothing company is not geared towards overweight or uncool people. His statements about Abercrombie & Fitch's choice clientele spread like wildfire on...

Re "Abercrombie's pitiful pitch," Perspective, May 14 Robin Abcarian is right that Abercrombie & Fitch's refusal to make clothes for women who aren't skinny smacks of elitism. However, should we embrace the figures — 5 feet 4 inches and 162...

Harry Balzer has been studying what Americans eat for more than 30 years. And when it comes to what we put on our plate, much has stayed the same, says the chief industry analyst of Rosemont-based NPD Group. "I know what people will be eating in 10...

Cindy Vrba had lost weight before. The Schuyler woman joined a weight-loss program that helped her drop 50 pounds, but never was able to keep it off. Two years ago, Vrba joined a study directed at helping overweight and obese women in rural areas lose...

You've never met Hudson Boyd, so you look for the real big guy in the Cedar Rapids Kernels clubhouse. You finally find his locker, but the dude sitting in a chair in front of it is this svelte kid nowhere near the 268 pounds the roster lists him. Hudson...