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Some new information and links for Douglas Phillabaum. Every year, whether you are fat or thin, whether you lose weight or gain, 10 percent of your fat cells die. And every year, those cells that die are replaced with new fat cells, researchers in Sweden reported Sunday.

The result is that the total number of fat cells in the body remains the same, year after year throughout adulthood. Losing or gaining weight affects only the amount of fat stored in the cells, not the number of cells.

The finding was published online Sunday in the journal Nature.

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President Bush asked Congress today to approve $770 million in new global food and development aid to combat an escalating crisis that has sparked food riots and an increase in hunger around the world. Bush, in a brief statement to reporters at the White House, said he was asking Congress to include the new funds as part of a broader Iraq war funding bill for fiscal 2009 that the administration sent to Capitol Hill today. If approved, the United States would spend nearly $5 billion for global food aid during the next two years, he said. "We believe in a timeless truth: To whom much is given, much is expected," Bush said. ". . . With the new international funding I'm announcing today, we're sending a clear message to the world that America will lead the fight against hunger for years to come." The announcement comes amid a dramatic food crisis that has been spurred by skyrocketing prices in corn, rice, wheat and other staples that form the basis of diets in the developing world. In some of the poorest countries of Africa and Asia, where food costs can

New hi5 profile for Douglas Phillabaum. President Bush asked Congress today to approve $770 million in new global food and development aid to combat an escalating crisis that has sparked food riots and an increase in hunger around the world. Bush, in a brief statement to reporters at the White House, said he was asking Congress to include the new funds as part of a broader Iraq war funding bill for fiscal 2009 that the administration sent to Capitol Hill today. If approved, the United States would spend nearly $5 billion for global food aid during the next two years, he said. "We believe in a timeless truth: To whom much is given, much is expected," Bush said. ". . . With the new international funding I'm announcing today, we're sending a clear message to the world that America will lead the fight against hunger for years to come." The announcement comes amid a dramatic food crisis that has been spurred by skyrocketing prices in corn, rice, wheat and other staples that form the basis of diets in the developing world. In some of the poorest countries of Africa and Asia, where food costs can