Why Are Many Americans Fat
A review of obesity research cites brain signals, external eating cues, infant feeding effects, and early childhood overfeeding as factors. Studies with animals and humans link hypothalamic injury, diet composition, and tube feeding to overeating and fat accumulation, highlighting varied causes beyond simply overeating.
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Jane E. Brody
New York Times News Service
New York
Jean Mayer
Harvard
Sami Hashim
Theodore van Stallie
St. Luke’s Hospital Center
Henry Jordan
University of Pennsylvania
Rockefeller University
Jules Hirsch
Jerome L. Knittle
Lester B. Salans
Secret Sessions Dominate Congress in 1967
Congressional Quarterly reports 1967 saw 39 percent of committee meetings held in executive session. Of 4,412 total meetings, 1,716 were closed, with the House closing 48 percent and the Senate 26 percent. Some committees met entirely behind doors while others opened certain sessions to the public.
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Congress
Washington
Congressional
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Senate
Senate Committees
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Foreign Affairs
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Foreign Relations
House Armed Services
House Agriculture
Committee On House Administration
House Committee On
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
House Select Committee On
Powell
House Select Smalless Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Congressional Record
Congressional Quarterly Inc
Senate hearings critique obesity drug use and clinics
Witnesses at a Senate subcommittee condemned indiscriminate prescription pills for obesity. Doctors warned thyroid extract digitalis amphetamines barbiturates and prednisone pose serious risks and have no safe weight control rationale.
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Harold M. Schmeck JR
New York Times News Service
Washington
Senate
Hart
Senate Judiciary Committee
Miss McBee
Frederick Wolff
Washington Hospital Center
Wolff
Hill among civil rights era health allies
Senator Lister Hill, influential for the Hill-Burton Act, retires in January 1969 after 46 years in Congress. He shaped hospital expansion and medical research funding, boosting care access in rural areas and stressing state and local control. He will be honored Feb 13 at a statewide appreciation dinner.
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Cora Blair
Alabama
U. S
Lister Hill
Sen. Hill
Hill
Hill-Burton
Montgomery
Lord Joseph Lister
Statesman
Public Forum Letter Debates Tithes and New Covenant
A Decatur correspondent argues in the Public Forum against tithing as taught by many churches. He cites Malachi 3 10 and Acts 4 32 37 to claim under the new covenant no fixed tithe is required and that Christians should give according to need rather than a set percentage. He contends money belongs to God and should be shared with those in need rather than a dime from a dollar.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Shelton
Christ
Jesus
Alabama
U. S
J. A. Moyers
4Th Ave
The 1968 Presidential Graft Idea Explored in Washington
A Washington dispatch recounts the Republican National Committee’s bid to fuse candidate traits by grafting qualities from Nixon Reagan Romney and Rockefeller. Informants discuss invoking Lincoln Roosevelt and Kennedy traits to shape a future president, while donors and surgeons convene for a mock transfer of personalities.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
Republican National Committee
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Republican Party
Republican Committee
Romney
Nixon
Nelson
Fellas
Rockefeller
George
White House
Ronald Reagan
Fella
Reagan
Ron
Ronnie
Percy
Chuck
John Lindsay
John
Lindsay
National Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Law
Collegium
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
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Thomas
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Dr. Jordan
Congressional Quarterly
Susanna McBee
Life Magazine
Philip A. Hart
Mich
Pueblo
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