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Mom Accused in Kidnap, Impersonation - Examiner.com Monday, March 27, 2006 Politics Sports Entertainment Photos Business Technology Science Health Strange Autos Jobs Real Estate Classifieds Search (AP Photo/WRAL-TV) In this video image taken from WRAL-TV, Shellie White, 30, is shown giving a television interview in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

White, who was arrested March 24, 2006, is accused of abducting her two children from their father's custody in Globe, Ariz.

nearly three years ago, and then disguising herself as a man and assuming his identity.

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Mom Accused in Kidnap, Impersonation PDF | Email By MARTHA WAGGONER, The Associated Press Mar 27, 2006 8:08 PM (1 hr 13 mins ago) ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C.

- A mother charged with abducting her two children was accused of posing as a man while on the run, and authorities say the heavyset woman with cropped hair and a slight mustache even had the kids calling her "Daddy."Shellie White, 30, said it was all a misunderstanding, claiming in a jail interview with The Associated Press that she never tried to hide her identity or change her appearance.White was arrested in Roanoke Rapids on Friday, more than two years after she allegedly took her children from Arizona.

Investigators said she and another woman were living together as the children's father and mother.In a statement, the U.S.

Marshals Service said White had "radically changed her appearance to that of a man.""She even went so far as to tell her children, aged 3 and 5 ...

...ba href=/eating disorder/a/b later.Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness characterized by an individual's refusal to maintain a minimally acceptable body weight, intense fear of weight gain and a distorted body image.

It occurs primarily among females in adolescence and young adulthood and is associated with the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder.This study is the first published in the medical literature to estimate how much liability for developing anorexia nervosa is due to genetics, and the first to find a statistically significant association between the prospective risk factor of neuroticism and later development of anorexia, said Dr.

Cynthia M.

Bulik, lead author of the study, published in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry."What this study shows is that anorexia nervosa is moderately heritable and may be predicted by the presence of early neuroticism, which reflects proneness to depression and anxiety," Bulik said.

"Fifty-six percent heritability - that's a fairly large contribution of genes.

The remaining liability is due to environmental factors."Bulik is the William R.

and Jeanne H.

Jordan distinguished professor of ba href=/eating disorder/a/bs in UNC's School of Medicine and director of the UNC ba href=/eating disorder/a/bs Program at UNC Hospitals.

She also is a professor of nutrition, a department housed in the schools of public health and medicine, and holds the only endowed professorship in ba href=/eating disorder/a/bs nationwide.The reason she and her co-authors reached thes...

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The Truths About Weight LossDid you know that today obesity is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world.

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In fact in North America, obesity is on the verge of surpassing cigarette smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths.

Approximately 35 percent of women and 31 percent of men aged 20 and older are overweight or obese, as are about one quarter of children and adolescents aged 6 - 17.

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