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Aug 24 2009, K.R.RAVI

America’s Biggest City – Obesity

When I landed at Newark Airport 3 years ago for my first glimpse of the supposed land of milk and honey. I experienced a miracle. I seemed to have lost a lot of weight in my 14 hour flight! As soon as I set...

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An obese patient checks his weight at the start of a day in the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. The hospital uses a combination of diet, exercise and traditional Chinese acupuncture to treat obesity that is on the...