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The battle of the bulge

A look at the growing obesity problem in the U.S.

Real-life moms show off their post-baby bodies. Readers' photos.

Diet and fitness videos
How safe are energy shots?
July 14: NBC’s chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, and TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer discuss the health effects of energy shots and share tips on other ways to get more energy.

  Smart Fitness — By Jacqueline Stenson
Capri pants bare scourge of summer: ‘cankles’
Still obsessing about how your dimpled thighs, jelly belly or flappy arms look in a swimsuit? That’s so last summer. This year, there’s a new body part to fret over: the cankle.

updated 11:47 a.m. ET June 27, 2005

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