I know it's a serious subject but it seems just too hard for the media to talk about obesity at the moment without dropping into dreadful puns. Is it just me that notices "There's been too much growth in obesity" and "there are big questions to answer" and many more sound bites like this?
(written 2004-09-10, updated 2006-06-05)
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