| Obese Mexican outside in five years
A Mexican man who once weighed half a tonne left his house for the first time in five years on Wednesday after losing 440 pounds through diet and exercise.
A crane lifted Manuel Uribe, 40, off the sidewalk and onto a lorry after friends and family heaved him from the house still sitting on his bed. It feels pretty beautiful, after five years without leaving here, Uribe told reporters outside the house, where he was greeted by a band of mariachi musicians before setting off on a tour of Monterrey, Mexico.
Uribe, who is still unable to walk, said he shed 440 pounds by following The Zone, a diet which aims to balance hormones through carbohydrate and protein intake. For exercise, he used harnesses to help him lift weights.
Until age 22, Uribe weighed 290 pounds.
Shaq Reality Show Takes on Child Obesity
LOS ANGELES -- Shaquille O'Neal will be taking a shot at a TV reality show focused on childhood obesity and health. The ABC summer series will feature the Miami Heat star and his effort to help Florida schoolchildren lose weight, ABC said Monday. Airdates for the six-episode series, yet to be titled, haven't been set.
The series, being filmed in Broward County, Fla., will track the lives of the children involved. O'Neal will be on hand as booster and, in episodes yet to be shot, will lobby politicians on causes including school nutrition, Daily Variety reported Monday.
The show is an adaptation of the British series "Ian Wright's Unfit Kids," which featured the former soccer star.
O'Neal, a father of six, has been outspoken about the issue of children and weight problems.
Brady recounts Weis's 'pain' after surgery
Court officers escorted Patriots quarterback Tom Brady into Suffolk Superior Court today to testify in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by the team's former offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis. By Yvonne Abraham and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff Tom Brady testified today in Suffolk Superior Court for the coach he called his mentor, recounting a bedside vigil the Patriots quarterback kept as Charlie Weis bled internally for 30 hours after gastric bypass surgery. Weis groomed Brady when he was New England's offensive coordinator, helping the college standout rise from a backup behind Drew Bledsoe to an NFL star who led the Patriots to three Super Bowls. The current head coach at Notre Dame, Weis wrote in his autobiography that Brady "became like a son," who continued to seek advice from him long after he left New England.
Health bills expand with our waistlines
We ran a story Monday about a man who weighs more than 500 pounds and probably has health charts that come in at double that.
It seems Florida Hospital could slim him down with gastric-bypass surgery. But it doesn't include the procedure in its health plan, which covers the man because his wife works for Florida Hospital.
I'm not going to rehash this individual case but rather -- excuse the pun -- look at the bigger issue.
The obvious cause of obesity is that someone consumes more calories than he burns.
Consider: A one-mile morning run plus five Krispy Kreme doughnuts equals a quarter-pound on your gut.
The problem would appear to be most easily remedied by eating less and exercising more.
Hence: A 10-mile run plus one Krispy Kreme doughnut subtracts a quarter-pound from your gut.
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