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Fast food is like the blob – quite literally. It spreads across the land, in this case the globe, devouring all that it touches.

Think about it, the U.S. is awash with fast food, many people are enormous, and it seems every report about fast food popping up overseas says it’s destroying traditional diet habits, and wrecking national health.

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In the NFL, size matters. Coaches want tall wide receivers, quarterbacks with “big” arms, and linemen the size of 4×4’s – no joke. Bam Bam Bigelow size!

Norman “Big Wiggle” Hand was no exception. He played nine seasons in the NFL, weighing in at 6′3, 310-plus pounds.

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Im a 21 year old college student living with my mom and stepdad. They are really skinny. My mom is 5′3 and like maybe 98 lbs. My stepdad says im a fatass and seriously I feel like one when you are told it so many times. I battled bulimia for years and won. I feel like im healthy at a muscular 112 lbs at 5′2. I feel really bad though sometimes about how i look and dont want to. Its frustrating trying to like yourself and living with people that contradict your feelings and scrutinize what you eat on a daily basis.

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Wholewheat macaroni, low fat cheese, and fresh fruit bowls — it’s pretty easy to see they all have something in common.

But, add a few rats to the mix, and you have a brand new way of teaching kids about healthy eating.

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No one would deny that obesity is a huge problem in the USA and the whole western world for that matter, with 70 million Americans alone obese and 15 million of them being severely obese.

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Model Kamilla Wladyka appears on the front cover of Healthy Magazine. However it is not an exact reflection of her. The image was photoshopped (digitally altered) to make her look “fuller”.

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Here’s a little extra motivation for our female readers. If you participate in a race from now until August, bring your bib into any Lucy store and get a 20 percent discount. If you place in one of the top three spots, you get a free tank.

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Planning a pirate-style boat trip around the world, aboard a creaky wooden vessel ship, with a bunch of salty dog shipmates? Well, you better stock up on parrots, eye patches, peg legs, and canned goods.

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U.S. states are like snowflakes, no two are alike. Different shapes and sizes, different cultures, and different problems.

California has smog, New Jersey is taxed to the hilt, Florida can’t beat all the drug smuggling, and now it seems Mississippi has a big fat problem.

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