Lucas County Commissioners appoint "weight loss czar" (The Toledo Blade)

Lucas County Commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint radio host Andrew Zepeda as its first "weight loss czar." Known as Andrew "Z" on his morning show on 92.5 WVKS, Mr. Zepeda is to encourage county residents to lose 1 million pounds in 2009. The 5-foot-9 Perrysburg resident has lost about 80 pounds in the past 12 months through diet, exercise, and a lap-band surgery procedure, and is down to ...

Exercise regimen readies patients for weight-loss surgery (Norwalk Advocate)

Gyms are not the kind of places where Joel Grande feels comfortable. By his own estimate, Grande, 36 and a Stamford resident, has more than 200 pounds to lose.

LB seminar discusses weight-loss surgery (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

The St. Mary Center of Surgical Treatment of Obesity is providing an educational seminar, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Weight-Loss Surgery," on Jan. 13 from 7 to 8 p.m.

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Svelte Ricky Gervais Will Never Stop Making Fun of Fat People [Feuds] (Defamer)

It appears that Ricky Gervais has taken Simon Pegg's weight-related criticism to heart, as the Oscars-eschewing star has begun slamming the overweight in the press, causing some controversy. And he's...