When you sing for your supper, it's hard to keep weight on, says Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who takes a star turn as the bullfighter, Escamillo, in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Bizet's "Carmen" starting Saturday in New York.

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It is like a pulley with a brake on it to keep the weight moving slowly down generating energy on its descent.

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On Wednesday, the same FDA panel will discuss whether to keep Meridia, an Abbott weight loss drug, on the market at all after data show it may cause heart attacks.

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Being on TV also has helped him keep his weight in check.

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Now some employers or their insurance companies are tracking what staffers eat, where they shop and how much weight they are putting on and taking action to keep them in line.

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