Obese UK woman cut out of house
Officials say emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance. full story 
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Charlottesville area is second-least obese in the U.S.
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World Cup will be first to offer special seats for obese
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