The one we all prefer to remember is the cool, leather-clad rockabilly version that dramatically burst upon the world stage in the 1950s, but the overweight, caped Vegas version still has a hold on the popular imagination.
For investors who want to play dip a diversified toe into the coming wave of mergers and acquisitions, McGratty recommends a basket approach that includes at least 20 banks, but is overweight companies on the hunt for deals and those that are buying now to bulk up and become takeover opportunities for larger rivals.
But being significantly overweight is not a reason to call someone irresponsible.
Sleep apnoea is a condition which is more common in people who are overweight but it can also occur in slim people due to the physiology of the throat.
Dr Stroud said the chances of an overweight but active individual having a serious heart attack or stroke are raised by only 20% compared to a lean active individual, whereas an inactive lean individual is close to being at 300% greater risk.
Ok, yes I'm slightly overweight, but I don't ever really care what I look like.
Last year the FDA approved the Lap-Band's use in patients who are only slightly overweight, but insurers have refused to pay.
He says fatty livers are common, not because the donor is overweight, but as a result of the donor having been starved in intensive care.
At just 4ft 10ins tall, the retired secretary from Denny knew she was overweight at 12st but, like many of Scots, never considered doing anything about it.
Of the average-sized and thin white women polled, 41% reported high self-esteem, but among black women considered overweight or obese by government standards, 66% reported high self-esteem.
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They may represent the norm among Western women these days, but it seems like using overweight women in ads or campaigns might be swinging too much in the opposite direction.
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Jogging is a terrific, simple and low-cost way to lose weight as it burns significantly more calories (up to 65% more) than walking or biking, but many people who are overweight or obese probably avoid it due to fear of joint injury.
The study, by a joint team from the US National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado, classed normal weight as someone with a body mass index below 25, overweight over 25 but below 30, and obese as 30 and above.
Kleintop still urges investors to overweight international stocks, but to limit emerging markets exposure to 6% of your stock holdings.
But for those who want to overweight Latin America and like the highest yield piece of real estate on the map, the pickings are slim.
That's not a problem if it's a one-off, but two out of three adults are overweight or obese.
The researchers, led by Helen Hunt of the University of Greenwich, say there may be some genetic reason why women with overweight mothers gain weight, but it may also be due to inherited lifestyles.
But two-thirds of Americans are still overweight or obese, and the number of people who are severely obese has continued to rise.
When you look at the statistics -- and Secretary Sebelius talked about some of them -- but more than half of obese children become overweight before their second birthday.
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Another lady, whose name I could never remember, was only forty-five but looked ninety, a complete ghettowreck: overweight, with a bad back, bad kidneys, bad knees, diabetes, and maybe sciatica.
"It depends on who comments are being levelled at - to a class of children, where there will be a distribution of body sizes, it is important to know being overweight can lead to diabetes, but it is more of a psychological issue than a health issue - and children can be extremely cruel, " he says.
But overall, diabetes, driven so intensely by overweight and obesity, "is a terribly difficult problem, " Dr. Weir says.
Barclays Capital analysts reiterated their overweight on the stock on Thursday, but said the short term outlook for Vale outperforming the market was not very promising.
If these people have excess weight from belly fat but are still just normal weight (instead of overweight as you would expect) what does that mean?
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"What that says is that men are likely to need obesity treatment more than women, but women, likely due to stigma socially for being overweight, are more likely to present for treatment, " Foster said.
Overweight people often have sleep problems -- most notably sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that causes frequent awakenings -- but it's not clear if they're overweight because of their sleep problems, or if their sleep problems result from being overweight.
There aren't many times when the airline industry deserves public sympathy, but the current flap over whether and how to deal with overweight passengers is a no-win situation.
But now America is fat: Two-thirds of adults are overweight.
And think about the impact that that can have on a child's health, not just now but in the future, because research shows that children who are overweight as adolescents are 70 to 80 percent more likely to become obese as adults.
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