Many who have it simply think they are gluttons who lack self-control, says Marsha Hudnall, a registered dietitian and co-owner of the Green Mountain at Fox Run weight loss retreat in Vermont.

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He expects a red-Green or a grand coalition to collapse after a year or two under the weight of its contradictions.

ECONOMIST: Germany

He reckons that leading his party into Germany's first ever Red-Green government lands him with a double responsibility, and he feels all the weight of it.

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