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Heart attack victims in the United States are becoming younger and fatter, a new study reveals. The average age of people suffering the deadliest heart attacks fell from 64 years old to 60 years old over the past two decades, Cleveland Clinic researchers report. And obesity is now implicated in 40 percent of severe heart attacks. Heart attack sufferers are also more likely to smoke and have high blood pressure, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than patients of 20 years ago, the researchers found.

(VIDEO AT LINK) I guess it’s great to have goals, but this one could be fatal. Mother of two Susanne Eman is on a mission to be the fattest woman in the world, and she is well on her way at 728lbs. Susan is only at the half way mark of her 1600lb goal. Meet Susanne and get the rest of the story after the jump. Susanne Eman, 32, runs her own blog on the way to 1600+pounds where she describes herself as “your average gal next door who just happens to have a body to match the size of...

America continues to get fatter, according to a comprehensive new report on the nation's weight crisis. Statistics for 2008-2010 show that 16 states are experiencing steep increases in adult obesity, and none has seen a notable downturn in the last four years. Meanwhile, cases of Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure that health experts have long warned would result from the nation's broadening girth and sedentary ways are becoming increasingly widespread, according to the report, titled "F as in Fat," released Thursday. Even Coloradans, long the nation's slimmest citizens, are gaining excess pounds. With an obese population of 19.8%...

A new report, F as in Fat, says Texas ranks 14th in the nation — in how fat its adults are. The ranking means 27.9 percent of Texas adults are overweight or obese, according to the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, two non profits dedicated to health issues. In the same report, the state had the 20th highest rate of overweight youths, ages 10 to 17, at 32.2 percent. In no state did adults lose weight, the report says. Texas’ ranking didn’t budge from last year. (The new data are based on combined rates for...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Silicon Valley men are likely to be fatter and less conscious of what they eat than their female counterparts, according to a survey to be released Friday. At least three out of five men in Santa Clara County are considered overweight or obese, compared with two out of five women, according to a telephone survey of 2,645 residents. Obesity rates were even greater for Hispanic and African-American men. Despite the extra pounds that men are packing, researchers found that they're much less likely to diet - or even to try to maintain their current weight...

Drunk weight gaining Chelsea Clinton with drunk old ugly Bianca Jagger (why does she still keep the last name...hmm?) Chelsea showing off her version of Ol' Krusty with appropriate weight gain packing it on in the caboose and the upper arms...