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Obese Women More Likely to Have Heavy Kids

Women who are obese before pregnancy are more likely to later have overweight kids, according to a new study. And that’s not all. The study also links overweight kids to mothers who smoke and/or are black and Hispanic. But, that doesn’t doom anyone to being overweight. Nor does it completely …

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Former HealthSouth Exec Gets 1 Year, 1 Day in Jail

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A former HealthSouth Corp. finance executive was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Wednesday for his part in the multibillion-dollar accounting fraud that rocked the company. Jason Brown, 36, a former vice president of finance for the Birmingham-based, health-care company, was ordered to …

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General Mills Earnings Beat Expectations

CHICAGO – General Mills Inc. (GIS) Thursday reported a slight increase in quarterly profit that beat analysts expectations, as higher prices and strength in Yoplait yogurt and Progresso soup offset lower cereal sales and increased costs. The second-biggest maker of breakfast cereal also said that increased promotional spending in stores …

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