<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b6094b20-f9c5-486e-9a20-2ce5346ecaf2/D862CA45-EE7A-46DF-9EAF-1E59439705B4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage" href="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage"><P>Australia is losing the battle of the bulge. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage"><P>Fresh data shows 62 per cent of people are now overweight or obese, a marked increase from past surveys. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage"><P>Men and older people are the fattest of all and about a quarter of children are overweight or obese. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/australians-in-denial-about-obesity-20090511-b06e.html?page=fullpage"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smh.com.au/img/9FADE6A0-4449-4E45-BD54-CF85A60D4F71" alt="Reality check ... 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