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...study also found that men who drink large amounts of coffee are more likely to smoke, exercise less, and be overweight??factors that have been shown to increase the risk of prostate cancer. Wilson said these findings added support to her belief that coffee itself—and not, for instance, the life style choices related to the drink—may be responsible for the link between coffee consumption and the lower risk of prostate cancer...

Author: By Ryan D. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Shows Coffee’s Benefits | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...preventable death in the U.S.—smoking. Majid Ezzati, an associate professor at the School of Public Health and one of the primary authors of the study—which concluded that smoking causes more premature deaths than other risk factors like high blood pressure or being overweight??said he was surprised by the “magnitude” of the problem. “Smoking effects account for about 1 in 5 deaths in Americans who are over 30 years of age,” he said. Ezzati attributed potential solutions to the problem...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Deadlier Than Obesity, Study Says | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

Wheeler doesn’t quite look the ballplayer; the guy teammates call “Doggie” is large—but not overweight??and yet not in the imposing way that makes 210-pound teammate Josh Klimkiewicz such an intimidating presence when he steps to the plate...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Rob Wheeler, Baseball | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Take it from someone who grew up overweight??being fat is no fun. But it’s also not the fault of fast-food companies, whose greasy, salty, sugary offerings Americans have consumed in excess for decades. By suing and attempting to extract punitive awards from these companies, obese Americans shift ownership for a very serious health problem to restaurants and away from themselves. Not only is this transfer of blame mildly delusional (induced, perhaps, by over-medication), it also damages efforts at addressing America’s obesity epidemic, which only stands a chance of being...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Giving the Finger | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...upon returning from his African sojourn, Roosevelt found that his presidential legacy was unravelling. Taft failed to maintain the pace of reform that Roosevelt had set. Indecisive—and overweight??Taft lacked the firmness to be a strong leader and dreamed only of becoming Supreme Court chief justice (a dream that would be realized...

Author: By David Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: 'When Trumpets Call' Tells Tale of TR's Twilight Years | 4/6/2005 | See Source »

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