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August 22nd, 2008

Tipping the Scales? You May Be Paying Up.

Bad news if you’re overweight and are employed by the state of Alabama. If you don’t ease up on your Southern-fried favorites and hit the gym a bit more, you’ll end up paying $25 a month for insurance that is otherwise free to the un-fat folk.
That’s right, in an unprecedented move to encourage state workers […]

By Liberty -- 2 comments

June 17th, 2008

Japanese Government Attacks Metabo.

Japanese people may smoke too much and work too much. But on the whole they really can’t be accused of being overweight or metabo as the Japanese prefer to call it.
The Japanese goverment, however, thinks otherwise and has embarked on a mandatory campaign to slim it’s nation down. Two months ago they passed a national […]

By Liz -- 1 comment

May 20th, 2008

Obesity and Global Warming: One Man’s Personal View.

Okay, so enough with what the scientists are saying about ‘obesity and global warming’. I want to hear what the man on the street blogosphere has to say about it all.
Luckily, I’ve found just the man.
Israel over at Fatman Unleashed was ahead of the game on this one. He weighed in on the subject last month with this […]

By Liz -- 5 comments