Advertisements for diet pills, exercise equipment and memberships, shakes and foods explicitly encourage Americans to monitor their weight. However, many blame magazines and television's implicit pressures to be thin for the increasing prevalence of various body image disorders.
The Ohio soccer team begins the Mid-American Conference Tournament today against Kent State, just three weeks after the preseason MAC favorite's season seemed to be slipping away.
JERUSALEM - Following an Israeli offer, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday he is ready for peace talks, while about 6,000 Palestinians returned to jobs in Israel for the first time in a month.
York township - excluding the city of Nelsonville - is looking to renew a five-year, 1-mill fire protection levy. The auditor's office estimates $12,299.02 per year would be generated if passed. The money will be used for providing and maintaining equipment for fire protection.
Yet another Halloween has come and gone and more than 24 hours later, I'm still in that post-Halloween funk.
The West State Intramural Fields were but a background to some ultimate sportsmanship, fun and Frisbee action on Saturday.
TOLEDO, Ohio - A businessman convicted of running the largest insurance fraud in state history has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter with dozens of American troops on board yesterday, killing 15 and wounding 21 in the deadliest strike against U.S. forces since the war began - a sign of the increasing sophistication of Iraq's elusive anti-U.S. fighters.
The Ohio soccer team recorded its fifth four-goal game of the year Friday.
DAMASCUS, Syria - Iraq's neighbors opened a conference Saturday on the impact of the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein, but Baghdad's interim government - insulted by a last-minute invitation - snubbed the talks and vowed to reject any decisions made there.
OXFORD - It might have been a dreary November afternoon in Oxford. For the Ohio field hockey team, however, it was sunny skies and perfect temperatures.
The Ohio cross country teams' performances at the Mid-American Conference Championships could be summed up in one word: disappointment.
Ohio University Police Department officers responded to a series of trashcan and dumpster fires Oct. 31, all of which occurred just minutes apart.
SEATTLE - This week, a slight man with thick glasses - a man who has been married three times and is the father of one child - is to stand before a judge who will ask him at least 48 times how he pleads to separate charges of murder.
The Ohio men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened their regular seasons with meets against Eastern Michigan and Toledo.
Buddhist Tibetan monks stop in Athens this week as part of their North American tour and will share with the city traditional art, cooking and dance.
The Ohio women's basketball team failed to overcome 21 turnovers and poor shooting in its first exhibition game Saturday against Athletes in Action as the Bobcats lost 82-63.
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