Scale Obsessed Teens More Prone To Unhealthy Weight Control
A University of Minnesota study of 2516 students from 1998 99 to 2003 04 finds teen girls who weigh themselves often are likelier to skip meals use diet pills or laxatives smoke binge and vomit to lose weight and gain weight overall. Lead researcher Dianne Neumark Sztainer warns daily weighing can trigger unhealthy preoccupation and risk.
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Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
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Congress approves large autism funding increase
Congress votes to raise federal support for autism research screening and treatment to 945 million dollars over five years. The Senate follows the House, sending the bill to the president for signature, marking a 50 percent funding rise.
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Bush Urges Nation to Honor Troops at Christmas Tree Lighting
President Bush led the national Christmas tree lighting and urged Americans to remember troops serving away from home this holiday season. He told a frigid White House crowd that many will be distant from family and that their sacrifice should be honored. A separate Florida notice reports a judge who jailed 11 late traffic offenders lost his job.
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Autopsy Finds Kim Died From Hypothermia
The autopsy determined James Kim died of exposure and hypothermia with no fatal injuries. Time of death undetermined, officials said. A SWAT member suggested Kim’s body showed he had been dead hours to a day, possibly after slipping on mossy rocks near the creek.
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Saudis Accused of Financing Iraq Insurgents
Private Saudi citizens are said to donate millions to Sunni insurgents in Iraq with funds used to buy weapons including shoulder fired missiles. Iraqi officials cite zaqat donations channeled through clerics. Saudi officials deny organized terror financing.
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