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(Raleigh, N.C.) Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first GIP/GLP-1 called “Zepbound” for the purpose of weight loss.
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2024 @ 12:54 am
By: ENC NOW
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Southwest Airlines is going viral for their company-wide “Customer of Size” policy, which allows overweight travelers to potentially get extra seats for free if they don’t fit.
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 @ 8:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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The GOP-led House voted on Wednesday to formally authorize the corruption-focused impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, a move Republicans said was necessary to give them more legal weight to enforce subpoenas.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 10:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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High Medication Cost Leads State Health Plan to Consider Removing GLP-1 Drugs from Coverage
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 3:32 am
By: ENC NOW
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Harvard President Claudine Gay has unveiled a brand-new U-boat that will be used by the university's heavyweight rowing team to decimate their competitors.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 7:54 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Residents of a small Texas border town have expressed their sympathy for New York City as it buckles under the weight of a few thousand migrants.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 9:03 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Chris Christie fired back at Donald Trump after the former president taunted Christie about being overweight during a campaign event in New Hampshire.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 @ 10:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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Local gangster Jabba the Hutt has threatened legal action against United Airlines, accusing the company of discrimination after he was charged for multiple seats on a flight. Hutt alleges he is being treated differently because of his weight.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:22 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A local man was struck with the sudden concern that he may, in fact, be gay, after the suitcase he was checking at the airline ticket counter was found to exceed the 45-lb. weight limit for checked luggage.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Babylon Bee
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In the cult-classic “Stripes,” the late, great, heavyweight actor John Candy told his fellow “recruits” that he joined the Army so he could lose a few pounds and “walk out of there a lean-mean fighting machine.”
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre whether President Joe Biden was “setting himself up for failure” by placing so much weight on abortion.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 10:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Just the film title itself, "Pulp Fiction" denotes a lightweight film. If one dissects the story, the message, the importance of the film, "Pulp Fiction" comes up light.
Published: Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 12:10 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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One of my favorite bands from my era, which produced the best music of the 20th century, is The Band.
Published: Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 6:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Both political parties are throwing their weight behind school reopening in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 11:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Like most folks, I am a busy guy; however, when my wife makes those concrete plans that are so permanent that they most resemble the ankle weights for a deep sea dive by the mob, you heed her call first and foremost.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2019 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) posthumously to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World, for a Mann Act conviction that occurred during a period of racial tension more than a century ago.
Published: Monday, May 28th, 2018 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Slick, snow-covered roads remain in some areas and many secondary roads. A state of emergency that Governor Cooper signed Wednesday remains in effect through the weekend, along with an executive order waiving truck weight, size and hours of service restrictions to ease movement of heating fuel
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 5:58 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs says the county has a duty to help Americans lose weight and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so he wants to preserve a drive-thru business window ban
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Throughout the month of March, in recognition of National Nutrition Month, the East Carolina University Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center and Pitt Partners for Health are offering free grocery store tours aimed at teaching community members how to eat healthy on a limited...
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It has been long hypothesized that what and when you eat affects your bottom line (pun intended). But new animal research suggests that limiting the amount of time in which food is consumed during the day may directly relate to obesity or healthy weight - at least in mice models, that is...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 10:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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A recent study by the investment firm Eaton Vance found North Carolina's creditworthiness fell from fourth place among the 50 states a year ago to 13th this year - but the change was related to new methods of weighting data rather than any drop in the state's ability to meet its debt obligations.
Published: Monday, December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the holiday season approaches, many of us look forward to fun events full of family, friends and food. However, those who are working to achieve or maintain a healthy weight may also worry about gaining extra pounds amidst the celebration.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Regulation imposes significant costs on the economy through deadweight loss - i.e., labor and capital employed in complying with government edicts and red tape, as opposed to being used for productive purposes.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's mental health system is "very fragile," straining beneath the weight of psychiatrist shortages, emergency rooms overflowing...
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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America, as a whole, has fallen further and further into a self-destructive pattern. There are several things that can be seen everyday throughout the country, one major issue is that of being overweight.
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 @ 2:55 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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Wahlberg goes for the welterweight title, but Bale deserved the Golden Globe.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2011 @ 9:29 pm
By: BCN
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