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Eight women and one man have died of obesity here on Iceland since the year 2002, according to the course of death register by the director general of public health. Three women died in 2009 and that is the largest number of death ever written. The numbers for the year 2010 are not yet published from the director general of public health. The Icelandic nation is the second fattest in The West after the United States of America and is ranked 6th of the OECD unions. In 1990 8% of the nation were to fat and in 2002 the percentage was 12%. That number has increased a lot since then and in 2009, 21% of the Icelandic nation had obesity. Vilmundur Gunason, professor at the University of Iceland and doctor in charge of the HeartProtection, says if nothing is done we may expect a number of premature deaths in the upcoming years and decades. There could be an explosion in heart attacks in the near future and if theres nothing done, premature deaths will increase, Vilmundur explains. He says that the cause of death by heart attacks has decreased over the years and that would be because of a change of lifestyle, people have stopped smoking and the decreasion of blood pressure. Vilmundur has seen a lot of increasion of obesity patients over the last years and particularly people wich is life-threatening fat. That is the people who cant move, or take care of it self and are probably around or over 200kg. Around 350 people are on the waiting list to get obesity treatment on Reykjalundur. However it could take 17 months to get in.
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Gossip Column Rumour has it that Brad Pitt is having an affair with his former wife, Jennifer Anniston. They were recently spotted on a exclusive island in the Carribean and couldnt keep their hands off each other. Mr. Pitt (47) who is an american actor and a father of six with Angelina Jolie claims he misses his ex too much and cant stop thinking about her. His spouse said that they had only met on the island and said there was nothing wrong having a little conversation with her ex-husband, it only shows maturity and they are still friends. Mr. Pitt is currently shooting a new film in Russia starring him a long side Ryan Gosling and Sean Connery. TV News In the UK there are five million asthma patients and three of those die every die because of that. However there are good news for asthma patients because a group of scientist and doctors have found a way to cure asthma. Before Clair Taylor had the surgery she found it very difficult to get up in the morning without having her asthma spray around her. She to take in the spray and then she slowly could get up, get dressed and get to work. Since the procedure her lifestyle have changed to better. Its called Bronchial Thermoplasy and to get a better assumption of the surgery youll have to know what asthma does. Its all to do with swelling of muscles in the airway, and when something irritates the asthma patient such as dust the muscle tightens causing the airways to narrow. The current treatment is to take drugs which reduce the swelling. The new treatment melts away the muscle, the patient is sedated and a bronchoscope is passed in to the lungs. It carries tiny wires with probes that admit radiowaves, they generate heat. The muscle is heated to 65C and is melt, but the surrounding tissue is preserved. According to asthma patients their normal frustration is the time spent in hospitals and taking drugs, so this surgery will have a positive affect on that. Doctors say that this new treatment causes good affect on peoples lifes with asthma and their asthma attacs will decrease and they can spend more time doing things in their life and school. http://news.sky.com/home/video/16008185

Advertisment Home exchange! Im looking for a student who wants to exchange houses for this winter. I looking for a new environment in another. I live in Iceland in a decent apartment located in the heart of Kpavogur, next to all the major shopping mall and supermarkets. My apartment has 4 rooms, bathroom, kitchen and a big living room. There you can find everything you need such as computers, television, and a couch. Im looking for an simular apartment in Italy or Spain. If you are interested, please contact me. My email address is julligeir@hotmail.com and my phone number is 6934491. Litery News My name is Susie, and I had a family. When I was walking home from school, my neighbour Mr. Harvey murdered me. I was only fourteen years old when that happened. The Motel Generation In the US there is about 9% unemployment and 7,5 million jobs got lost in the depression. Many people are homeless for the first time in their lifes and families have fallen down out the middle-class society. The US government says if the total income a year is below 22.000 dollars you are listed below poverty so around 25% of children are poor and that is the biggest percentage since thr Great Depression. Near Orlando, many children have lost their homes, the school bus stop near cheap motels. Eleven years old Destiny has been living in a motel for a year know and says she didnt notice what people had been through until she had been through it herself. Destinys parents David and Teresa never imagined their self as a homeless people, making 40$ an hour fixing expensive cars. When the family looked for help, the homeless shelter wanted them apart and David didnt want that so they lived in their van outside a Wal Mart parkinglot. They now live in a hotel and the kids like that better than the car, however its still not much space. All of the children stuff have been taken such as, videogames, scooters, toys and clothes and they find their neighboorhood very scary because theyd hear in the news about shooting and that is

happening were they live. In grade school, thousands of children have lost their homes. There are example of people not having enough food and has to put on cereal to finish their meals, families have also looked for help in churches and that they find shameful. In addition to that, there isnt enough electricity and have to use candles and flashlights. One girl thought it was her fault her parents havent got money and have to everything for her and the kids struggle in school because part of the focus is on helping their parents. The numbers of homeless children increases about 5-15 children a day. Destinys family got out of the van and into a motel when her father got a job washing car and assisting a bricklayer, but didnt find anything steady. He wrote down on a sign that he needed help for his family of five. A woman saw the sign and said she could have a job for him and about a week later she rang him and got him a job as a parking attendant. Destiny and her brother say that when things get better, they are going to help others who face the same problem they had. The Motel Generation is going to live a longer life and some things are going to be much worse before they can get better. In the near future this generation will remember the feeling of hunger and not having a home but also people who helped them and opened a door to a better future.

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Literary News Susie Salmon, a fourteen year old student from Philadelphia was declared missing in January 1974 when she hadnt come home in from school on the December 6th in 1973. Now 28 years later, the police found a new evidence of the case. On a cornfield near the Salmons home the police found a sinkhole and a lot of blood. It seems that Susie had fought her attacker for a short period of time so the attacker to bled. The police collected the blood and analyzed the DNA. The result showed the blood belonged to George Harvey, her former

neighbour, who died many years ago. The Salmon family say that is a tragic that Harvey didnt get his punishment but they know that their daughter is in a better place now. Foreign News Gary Speed, a football legend took his own life last sunday, he was 42 years old. Speed played nearly 700 games for Leeds, Everton, Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield United of astonishing 22-season career and made 85 appearances for his country, Wales. Gary Speed was born in Mancot, Flintshire and he began his career with Leeds and won the first division title in 1992. In 1996, he moved to Everton his favourite club and in 1998 he moved to Newcastle, Speed became the first footballer to play iin 500 Premier League games in 2006 when he played with Bolton. He played for Wales for about 14 years and was the most capped outfield player and scored seven goals for his country, he also scored in every season which he played until he dropped out of the Premier League in 2008 when he joined Sheffield Utd. In his carrer he scored 103 league goals in 677 appearances. Speed was the international coach of Walse and although Wales were eliminated from the race for the European cup the won their last three games and there were good signs of real improvement under Speeds management. He was awarded the MBE for services to football after retiring as a player last year.

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