| August 13, 2008 | - Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who won eight gold medals in Beijing, revealed that he consumes more than 12,000 calories a day by eating three egg sandwiches with fried onions, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast, three chocolate-chip pancakes, two ham-and-cheese sandwiches, two pounds of pasta, and an entire pizza.
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New York Post
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| January 31, 2005 | -
Scientists determined that overweight people have a stronger biological need to sit than others do.
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Rocklin And Roseville Today
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| December 31, 2004 | - A study found that American preschoolers are more obese than ever,
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New York Times
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| December 29, 2004 | - and studies showed that obesity increases a woman's risk of getting pregnant while on the pill.
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HealthDay
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| May 18, 2004 | -
Colorado outlawed lawsuits against fast-food companies by fat people.
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New York Times
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| March 10, 2004 | - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that obesity was killing almost as many people as tobacco; poor diet and sloth were responsible for 400,000 deaths in 2000, or 16.6 percent of everyone who died; tobacco killed 435,000 people, or 18.1 percent.
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New York Times
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| March 3, 2004 | -
McDonald's began phasing out its popular "Supersize" order of french fries.
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Associated Press
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| February 21, 2004 | - The president's chief economic advisor suggested that fast-food jobs might need to be reclassified. "When a fast-food restaurant sells a hamburger, for example, is it providing a 'service' or is it combining inputs to 'manufacture' a product?"
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Newsday
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| November 10, 2003 | - One in seven American
schoolchildren was found to be at risk of heart disease.
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New Scientist
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| September 29, 2003 | - It was reported that U.S. casket companies have started building extra-large coffins. "The economic opportunity exists until the country changes," said one coffin maker. "We're just reacting to the supersizing of America."
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New York Times
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| July 10, 2003 | - Customs agents in Hong Kong seized 10,000 endangered turtles on their way from Malaysia to China, probably to be eaten.
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Associated Press
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