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...fads that may not make it past midterms, check out those extra-wide, low-slung belts. They're worn over belt loops, instead of threaded through, and buckled to the side. Fashion doesn't have to make sense, especially in high school, as long as it looks cool...
Overweight and obese Americans spend $700 more a year on medical bills than those who are not overweight. That comes to a total of about $93 billion in extra medical expenses a year, says economist Eric Finkelstein of RTI International in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Many of these costs are passed on to all Americans in the form of greater premiums and copayments for health-insurance plans. Plus, notes Finkelstein, the average taxpayer shells out $150 to $200 a year to finance obesity-related medical expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid recipients...
Many Americans who are carrying extra pounds are saddled with additional expenses, ranging from higher-priced clothing to the second seat an airline may charge them for flying. To make matters worse, they are often stuck paying these extra bills with a limited income: studies show the obese receive lower wages than the average worker. So the "fat tax" of increased insurance premiums and medical costs often falls on a slender wallet...
Parents battling skyrocketing college costs get an extra weapon this week as the first prepaid tuition plan designed for private colleges and universities makes its debut. Like the prepaid plans many states run for residents, the Independent 529 Plan is a tax-advantaged way to lock in tuition at today's rates, thus hedging against cost increases like last year's 6% average jump. The plan sells discounted tuition credits good at more than 220 private schools, from Amherst to Princeton. Contributing $10,000, for example, buys a full year at a like-priced college or half a year...
...mainstream designers' and retailers' maternity wear is that it's virtually indistinguishable from their regular collections--hence the confusion at Glow Girl and in countless maternity sections stocked with crisp blouses, business suits, cargo pants and halter tops. All the season's fashions are available, with just a little extra room at the bust and the belly. "Before, you were supposed to be another person when you became a mother," says Mathilda Jonsson, designer of H&M's Mama line. "Now you want to keep your personality and follow the style you had before. We follow the same plans...