The war over ‘Wall-E’? We may not actually be a nation of whiners, as former Sen. Phil Gramm believes, but we sure are a nation of arguers. Thanks in part to the Internet, it’s awfully easy these days to fire off contrary points of view — if for no other reason — just to get an argument ignited. [News Source]

Georgians loom large on obesity list. Think fried chicken, biscuits and gravy and pecan pie. What do these Southern classics add up to? Numbers that make the South the fattest region in the country and Georgia among the flabbiest states, according to a federal government study released Thursday. [News Source]

Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports. More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates. [News Source]

Fattest states are in South. Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new survey reported yesterday. [News Source]

U.S. hits weight marker: 1 in 4 officially obese. Americans, who have been getting fatter for decades, reached an unwelcome milestone in a report released Thursday: More than one in four of us are obese. [News Source]

What to Ask About Anemia (New York Times) Confronting a new diagnosis can be frightening — and because research changes so often, confusing. Here are some questions you may not think to ask your doctor, along with notes on why they’re important. [News Source]

Saturday, July 19, 2008 (Deccan Herald) Shiny, vibrant hair is a sign of a healthy well-nourished body. While dry, dull, lifeless hair signals poor nutrition and poor overall health. Proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals are essential for better hair growth. [News Source]

Vitamins, nutrients suppress obesity genes in mice, study finds (Los Angeles Times) A diet supplemented with folic acid, vitamin B-12 and other additives kept successive generations of mice from getting fatter, researchers find. Scientists have used a special blend of vitamins and nutrients to stop successive generations of mice from becoming progressively overweight. [News Source]

Coffee aroma may have stress-busting qualities (Nutraingredients.com) This provides "for the first time clues to the potential antioxidant or stress relaxation activities of the coffee bean aroma," wrote the scientists. Antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C and E and carotenoids like beta-carotene, are believed to exert a protective effect on cells. [News Source]