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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>About
60 million Americans age 20 or older are considered obese, according to the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Health Statistics. Their
health care costs amount to about </span></font><b><font color=red><span
style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>$100 billion </span></font></b>a year<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, according to the American Obesity
Association.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-style:italic'>Other side of the picture<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black'>The world's eight richest countries have reached a landmark
debt relief deal to alleviate global poverty. Under the deal, the World Bank,
the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank will
immediately write off 100% of the money owed to them- a total of </span></font><b><font
color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>$40billion. </span></font></b><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Benin</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Burkina
Faso</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ethiopia</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Madagascar</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mali</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mauritania</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Mozambique</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Niger</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Rwanda</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tanzania</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Zambia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cameroon</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Chad</st1:country-region>, Democratic Republic of
Congo, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Gambia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Guinea</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Guinea-Bissau</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Malawi</st1:country-region>, Sao Tome and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sierra Leone</st1:country-region></st1:place>
will benefit.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Lucida Handwriting"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:blue'>Dr. Babar
T. Shaikh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=blue face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:blue'>MBBS, MBA, MPH,
Doctoral candidate,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Senior
Instructor, Health Systems Division<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Department of
Community Health Sciences</span></font><font size=3 color="#0080c0"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#0080C0'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Aga Khan</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
"Arial Narrow";color:black'>,</span></font><font color="#0080c0"><span
style='color:#0080C0'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Stadium Road, </span></font><font
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w:insDate="2005-07-08T16:08:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="babar.shaikh"
w:endInsDate="2005-07-08T16:08:00Z"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Karachi
74800, Pakistan</span></font></ns0:address></span></font><font size=1
color=black face="Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Phone:
+92(021)4864899<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Fax: +92
(021)4934294 </span></font><font size=3 color="#0080c0"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#0080C0'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0080C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=1 color=red face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:red'>Official: Yes</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
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