https://freerepublic.com/tag/babyfat/ en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:22:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392546/posts Here's a new maxim: Nothing good ever happens when the Congress is in session on a Saturday night. As you know, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nev) cajoled, coerced, and co-opted Senators Mary Landrieu (D-La) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) into adding the 59th and 60th necessary votes to prevent a GOP filibuster of Reid's health reform bill. Reid and Obama Administration officials relied on the time honored method (used by Republicans and Democrats) of getting recalcitrant Members to vote a certain way: Bribery which, in the real world, is a felony but in Washington it is called "hardball." In Sen.... CNS News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392546/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:22:34 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681565/posts Young children, especially infants, are now more likely to be overweight than two decades ago, according to a U.S. study. "The obesity epidemic has spared no age group, even our youngest children," said Dr. Matthew Gillman, the senior author of the study and a professor at Harvard Medical School. Over 22 years in Massachusetts, the number of overweight infants increased by 74 per cent, the researchers reported Wednesday. The results are important for public health because studies show faster weight gain in the first few months after birth is associated with obesity later in life. "These results show that efforts... CBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681565/posts#comment Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:38:50 GMT