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32 Skminghem toHwold Mondey Augurt 89 1994 Metro State Shuffle Obesity From page B1 From page B1 Americans may not be eating as well as they think Another is Senate District 11 captured by Republican Sen Dell Hill of Alpine in a special election two years ago Steve Sprayberry of Sylacuaga who lost the Democratic nomination in that election won it this year and is expected to give Hill a fight Sen Jack Floyd D-Gadsden faces a serious challenge to keep his District 10 seat against Rep Roy Smith R-Gadsden Democrats are also promising a major effort to oust veteran Sen Lany Dixon R-Moutgomerv with a high-powered candidate James Anderson Some well-known names will not be returning to Montgomery including Senate presiding officer Ryan de-Graffenried D-Tuscaloosa who lost a race for lieutenant governor Clark D- Speaker Jii Frank Rogers of Graysville could lose his seat in November Three Republicans are 'assuredlof Senate seats Biddle and Sens' JJ Waggoner of Vesta via HHls and John Amari of Birmingham Two blacks' Sea Sundra Escott-Russell of Birmingham and EH McClain of Brighton have no opposition in their Senate races and nearcomer Rodger Smitherman of Birmingham faces Sea Fred Horn a third-party candidate Smitherman defeated Horn in the Democratic primary In the House Reps John Rogers Demetrius Newton and Lewis Spratt all of Birmingham have no opposition on the Democratic side Neither do newcomers Lawrence McAdory of Bessemer Tommie Houston apd Earnest Johnsoa both of Birmingham Ren George Perdue and John Hilliard Doth Birmingham and newcomer Warren Mindfield of Fair-field expect to win their Democratic Thirty of the 105 Home members definitely will not be returning to that chamber either because they did not seek re-election ran for another office were eliminated in the primaries or in the case of Rep Jenkins Bryant D-Newburn died Seven of the House members are running for Senate seats In the House 41 members 81 Democrats and 10 Republicans won their primaries and do not face opposition in the general election In the Senate nine Democratic and two Republican members have no November opponents in addition to Rep Jack Biddle R-Gardendale who is in his run for a Senate len gained about lVt said Black men and black scales at 10 more The study involves researchers from all four cities and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute In Bethesda Md activities leal and the The reaearchera told lira Hatch her weight ia in the normal range but abe lamented 1 never lost all my weight from my aecood She said obeaity uia a potentially big problem for ao many people I think the more they know about it the better off be Biaimi laid ahe enjoyed the trips to UAB which included two three-day stays in the hospital for testa and two days in the capsule She was fed some of her favorite foods and got to watch videos and play games Mrs Hatch said she hopes exposure to the hospital and research will widen Elaine's career horizons to include medicine and science Evon Agee of Fairfield has similar hopes for her daughter Tiffanie who turned 10 yesterday She said Tiffanie has said she wants to be a scientist doctor and astronaut felt like she needed to know what scientists da She had the impression that only men were scientists Agee said 1 'was a great learning experience for her She had an opportunity to talk to a lot of different people and ask them she said Mr Agee stayed at UAB with her daughter Although she could not go into the capsule with her she stayed outside the room when Tiffanie could see her and the two communicated by telephone a real touchy-feely type child She get a hug for 24 hours and she was going she By Michaelle Chapman Frat-Hwald Itepartw Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Just looking at factors that cause obesity also trying to find out the cause of a trend that showed up in a study of 5000 people from Birmingham Minneapolis Chicago and Oakland Calif They discovered that the average 25- to SO-year-old American weighed 10 more pounds in 1992 than in 1985 The weight averaged to include both sexes and all races went from 181 to 171 pounds she said smallest group were the black women That was about eight pounds The were the black men and a little over 11 Vk Dr Lewis said Both white men and women gained a little over 10 pounds But people who were in the group studied in 1985-86 did not gain as much White men and food people ate what their education level was whether or not they Dr Lewis said looking into that on what the factors are on what is driving the weight She said the trend toward lower-fat diets is real but may not be the effect of lowering are eating different things They just may not be eating less" Dr Lewis said snack is a snack A high-fat snack is probably worse but if you eat excess calories going to put on weight whether they come from angel food cake or real ice Eufaula will be back and running for hia third term as speaker but part of his leadership team will be gone including Rep Dutch Higginbotham DOpeuka who was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Whether Rep Tommy Garter D-Elkmont will return is in doubt A new primary was ordered in House District 5 between Carter and Steve White It will be held Sept 6 Cuter is chairman of the House Rules Committee Clark has long since split politically with Rep Jim Campbell D-Anniston speaker pro-tem who faces a challenge from Republican Mike Rogers also of Anniston Among the missing will be a pair of the most controversial members Danny Corbett of Phenix City and Ray- Campbell of Town Creek Both lost in the primariers Jefferson County's legislative delegation promises to be about evenly balanced between white Republicans and black Democrats The only white Democrat among the 18 House members Rep Twelve other senators eight Democrats and four Republicans won their primaries but face opposition in November A few former legislators will be back including farmer Rep Thomas Reed of Tuskegee who lost his seat following a felony conviction five years ago Former Sen Roger Bedford will return to the Senate without Republican opposition and former Rep Tommy Ed Roberts is trying to win a North Alabama Senate seat The Legislature will still be dominated by Democrats who are unopposed for 13 of the 85 Senate seats and 48 of the 105 House slots Another eight Democratic senators and 25 House incumbents have opposition but few of them are expected to lose in the general election Among the major battles shaping up is Senate District 14 now held by Sea Walter Owens D-Centreville He is opposed by Shelby Bill Armistead Columbiana in a re drawn district that became more On the Republican side Reps Arthur Payne of Center Point Albert Morton of Birmingham and Mark Gaines of Homewood have no Democratic opposition while Reps Johnny Curry of Hueytown Allen Sanderson of Mountain Brook Jim Carnsof Mountain Brook John Hawkins of Vestal va Hills and Tom Petelos of Pleasant Grove appear to be in solid Republican districts The only other seat is District 50 with two newcomers Republican Jim Townsend Pinson and Democrat Harold Smith of Birmingham In Shelby County where the Senate seat is up for grabs Republican Rep Mike Hill of Columbiana is unopposed and veteran A1 Knight 'R-Pelham faces Democrat' Jafur Martin of Centreville in a Republican district The race between Democrat Rep Hugh Holladay and Republican Dave Thomas of Springville could shqw whether St Clair County is foUowihg Shelby into the Republican column- band Marlin Donaldson both are of normal weight But they have family members with in on weight problems Mrs Donaldson has a physical education and is cent of those who are obese at 18 will be obese adults Ruby Aldridge coordinator of the $495000 study said there is still room for more girls in the study Thev must be of normal weight and not nave begun prepubescent development For information call Ms Aldridge at 975-7088 Mrs weight is in the normal range but her husband Levertt is about 40 pounds overweight she another in exercise physiology really concerned about children Our country seem to be concerned about our little ones until it's too late for their she said Figueroa said it can indeed be too late for some children to avoid an eternal battle of the bulge Children who are obese at age 10 to 13 have a 70 percent chance of being obese adults he said Eighty per said the girls get rewards like Si' design everything to and $200 In savings bonds for and the adults involved tried to de toys participating have meet their needs sses- she said it if 1 Lisa Donaldson a Hoover mother of four said she was excited about the study when her daughters Erin 8 and Tiffany 6 brought tone a letter last year from school The letter explained the research and asked anyone who was interested to reply She said she and her former hus- Langford searches for more police By Jadnthla Jones Fort-Hcrald Reports1 Fairfield Mayor Larry Langford says he's not going to let gangs and youths take over hu city 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