Mexico pushes national campaign to lose weight
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_he_me/lt_mexico_fat_challenge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080928/capt.49dc5c2a2ab54803b173a2e499309af5.mexico_fat_challenge_ny359.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rDxj3Ozp3feFktheCZdQ_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Angel Moreno, 14, who weighs 71.5 kg, or 156.528 lb, gets a check-up at Mexico's Children's Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Mexico is on track to surpass the United States as one of the world's fattest countries by 2018. Nearly half of Mexico's 110 million people already are overweight, while the number of fat children has climbed 8 percent a year in the last decade. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Abraham Leon was getting a checkup when he found out he had high blood pressure and was at risk of developing diabetes.</p><br clear="all"/>

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