Posted on 08/05/2005 1:37:02 PM PDT by Millee
Former President Bill Clinton said his weight problem and brush with death are the catalysts behind his foundation's initiative of tackling childhood obesity.
Once famous for his love of fast food, Clinton told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta that bad health habits since childhood led to his September 2004 quadruple bypass surgery. That operation, he said, opened his eyes to a larger issue, and he turned his attention to the problem of overweight American children.
"The brush with death I had maybe had the biggest impact of all," Clinton recalled. "I realized that one more time I've been given another chance, and I wanted to make the most of it."
Clinton, who admits "I was the fat band boy," said he knows what unhealthy eating habits can do to a young body.
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First he was a nerd. Then he was a turd.
Hill-da-Beast is probably planning his death for maximum sympathy advantage timing. Bubba won't see 2009 for sure, unless he pulls a pre-emptive strike on the Beast.
OMG!!!!!! Too funny!!
One time, at band camp, I stuck a cigar....
What's with the Tom Cruise picture?
True, he doesn't seem like one to pass up a good kiln accident.
Oh brother. First his hot fad is AIDS acitivism; now that he's not getting any attention on that it's fat activism.
if ever there was a need for ritalin that was one who slipped through the "cracks"
properties of the pic say 8/5, and he is walking with the doctor/author....
you are quick!
LOL!
all those 8 years and his "doctors" gave him a clean bill of health? Amazing how they were able to save him. anything to stay in the front of the cameras
...and soon realizing that he was getting no band boy promises of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, he decided to embark on the surest way to the promise: He would become President of the United States. Where he could fire and intimidate, at will, those who denied him his boyhood dreams...
Maybe Ted Kennedy was his Daddy-- (genetics always triumphs).
Nah, violence is over rated, I'd rather scam 'em....
Now THAT is funny!
" You get good bulk, and it tastes good..."
Still reminiscing about Monica, apparently.
i doubt he tattled on people. prolly ran and cried to his girlfriend, who had the school bully quietly beat them up.
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