<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : obese : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : obese : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></title><description><![CDATA[OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a &quot;fat tax&quot; to cover the cost of transporting their excess weight, according to a controversial proposal by health experts. Currently you have to pay extra for heavier luggage to cover the additional expense. Obese passengers also increases the airlines' expenses. Is it fair to make the obese pay or to spread the cost amongst all fliers?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41389/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41389/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[No Babies for obese women.]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Dr David Knight said not only were obese women far less likely to get pregnant but any pregnancy was 80 times more likely to end in tragedy.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63864/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63864/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49184/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49184/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Your best friend can make you fat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could your best friend make you fat?<br/><br/>Researchers who have studied &quot;networks&quot; of obesity think so: they found that if someone's friend becomes obese, that person's chances of becoming obese increase by more than half.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28957/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28957/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obese Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slideshow of morbidly obese animals. The question is, should the owners face charges of animal cruelty?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/64715/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/64715/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Owner, Like Dog: One Third Of US Dogs Are Obese, Cats Also Suffer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obesity in pets mirrors that of humans, as do the reasons -- decreased physical activity, age, and an increased caloric intake, even genetic predisposition. Like humans, there are also many health problems associated with being obese, such as diabetes mellitus.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51662/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/51662/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[World's most obese man vies for different record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61766/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/61766/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[China to ban obese parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[China will unveil new rules this week aimed at restricting the number of foreigners who can adopt Chinese children, which foreign agencies say will ban the obese and unmarried from adopting.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7963/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7963/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obese workers cost employers more, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obese workers may cost their employers more, filing more workers' compensation claims for injuries on the job, and then more frequently going on to become disabled.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17686/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17686/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015]]></title><description><![CDATA[If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27960/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27960/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Too fat to breathe?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morbidly obese men tend to have more breathing difficulties than morbidly obese women, partly because they have much larger waistlines, a new study suggest]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11040/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11040/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obese Folks More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[. . . and yet, being overweight makes it more likely you'll have a heart attack in the first place. That's irony, Alanis.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26779/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26779/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 700-pound (310-kilogram) man once considered the world's most obese person left his home for the first time in five months Sunday with the aid of a forklift and a platform truck.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71963/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71963/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you a candidate for gastric bypass surgery?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those amongst us who are obese and have not succeeded in their efforts in regulating their weight through diet and exercise, bariatric surgery is often the last recourse.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23271/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23271/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obese woman could lose 75% of her weight in 2 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 850 lb woman was the largest ever to have gastric bypass surgery. Her doctor believes she could be down to 200 lbs within two years, which would include surgically removing 150 lbs of excess skin.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11439/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11439/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[US population getting bigger - study]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of morbidly obese Americans, those who weigh 45kg over normal weight, is rising much faster than the rest of the obese population.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16031/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16031/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[England, Wales Government Councils Propose Taking Obese Children From Parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Local Government Association warned that the worst cases of obesity will be increasingly seen as evidence of &quot;parental neglect,&quot; and that social workers will have to step in to offer advice to protect the child's welfare.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72556/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72556/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone]]></title><description><![CDATA[An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone. 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