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Show Mtitritiotv plnd Votu OVERWEIGHT Q: Are common ailments associated with obesity? A: Yes, according to Dr. James Scala, a noted authority autho-rity on nutrition and vice president of Science and Technology at Shaklee Corporation. Diabetes, high blood pressure, and gall bladder disease are some. fn urn i. ii If coupled with smoking . ' ' or a lack of I ilC exercise, I obesity can I lso contri- L A 'i.'-- I bute to heart Dr. Scala disease. Fat people tend to get more illnesses than slender people, and they tend to die younger. Q: Aren't heavy people often better natured than others? A: The overweight person per-son often bears serious psychological psy-chological burdens, particularly particu-larly in a society that prizes slim, athletic bodies. Their costs are higher for insurance in-surance and medical expenditures, ex-penditures, and they often find it harder to get a job. Fat people in most cases are far from jolly. Q: With the current interest in-terest in health, isn't the problem of obesity now -very small? |