A worker leads ducks out of their shelter at a duck farm for the production of foie gras, meaning 'fatty liver' in French, in the town of Yanqing, located 70 kilometres north-west of Beijing, April 14, 2010. The farm, a Sino-French joint venture, raises over 100,000 ducks annually, but is hoping to increase that figure to around one million within the next few years. China produces around 1,000 tonnes annually of foie gras, a far cry from the world leader France with 20,000 tonnes. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker leads ducks out of their shelter at a duck farm for the production of foie gras, meaning 'fatty liver' in French, in the town of Yanqing, located 70 kilometres north-west of Beijing, April 14, 2010. The farm, a Sino-French joint venture, raises over 100,000 ducks annually, but is hoping to increase that figure to around one million within the next few years. China produces around 1,000 tonnes annually of foie gras, a far cry from the world leader France with 20,000 tonnes. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker leads ducklings out of their shelter at a duck farm for the production of foie gras, meaning 'fatty liver' in French, in the town of Yanqing, located 70 kilometres north-west of Beijing, April 14, 2010. The farm, a Sino-French joint venture, raises over 100,000 ducks annually, but is hoping to increase that figure to around one million within the next few years. China produces around 1,000 tonnes annually of foie gras, a far cry from the world leader France with 20,000 tonnes. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A sushi chef serves sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

Sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" are served at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A sushi chef serves sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A sushi chef cuts a fillet of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A sushi chef serves sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A sushi chef serves sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY FOOD) 

A sushi chef serves sushi of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna or "o-toro sushi nigiri" at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo March 18, 2010. The outcome of a drive to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, is too close to call before U.N. talks which started last Saturday that will test the world's ability to protect dwindling fish stocks. The 175-nation meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, from March 13-25, will vote on about 40 proposals for regulating trade in species including sharks, corals, elephants and polar bears. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

People eat chips whilst walking along the promenade at the British holiday resort of Scarborough, England July 16, 2009. Picture taken July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs (BRITAIN) 

The quadruple bypass cheese burger is displayed at Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona June 17, 2009. The restaurant is known for its hospital theme and triple and quadruple bypass burgers. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

Chechen special forces guard a road in Grozny February 19, 2008. At the barracks nestled in the Caucasus mountains, the Chechen military officer popped a chunk of moist, fatty mutton into his mouth and leaned across the table. "We now have weapons, new armoured personnel carriers, sniper rifles and anti-mine equipment," he said. "The Russians have re-equipped and trained my men." This is a trade-off that has helped Russian President Vladimir Putin subdue a separatist insurgency in Chechnya that raged for more than a decade. Picture taken February 19, 2008. To match feature RUSSIA-CHECHNYA/ REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA) 

Joyce Cheng, daughter of Hong Kong actress and comedienne Lydia Shum, cries during a news conference in Hong Kong February 20, 2008. Shum died on Tuesday at the age of 60, after a protracted battle with liver cancer. Shum, possibly Hong Kong's equivalent of U.S. comedienne Roseanne Barr, was one of Hong Kong's best-known entertainers and fondly called "Fei Fei" or "Fatty Shum" for her corpulent physique and exuberant personality. The Chinese characters at the background read, "Remembrance Forever". REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

Joyce Cheng, daughter of Hong Kong actress and comedienne Lydia Shum, cries during a news conference in Hong Kong February 20, 2008. Shum died on Tuesday at the age of 60, after a protracted battle with liver cancer. Shum, possibly Hong Kong's equivalent of U.S. comedienne Roseanne Barr, was one of Hong Kong's best-known entertainers and fondly called "Fei Fei" or "Fatty Shum" for her corpulent physique and exuberant personality. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

Joyce Cheng, daughter of Hong Kong actress and comedienne Lydia Shum, cries during a news conference in Hong Kong February 20, 2008. Shum died on Tuesday at the age of 60, after a protracted battle with liver cancer. Shum, possibly Hong Kong's equivalent of U.S. comedienne Roseanne Barr, was one of Hong Kong's best-known entertainers and fondly called "Fei Fei" or "Fatty Shum" for her corpulent physique and exuberant personality. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

Joyce Cheng (C), daughter of Hong Kong actress and comedienne Lydia Shum, leaves a hospital in Hong Kong with unidentified relatives after Shum died at the age of 60 with a protracted battle with liver cancer February 19, 2008. Shum, possibly Hong Kong's equivalent of U.S. comedienne Roseanne Barr, was one of the territory's best-known entertainers and fondly called "Fei Fei" or "Fatty Shum" for her corpulent physique and exuberant personality. Her influence extended to greater China and Chinese communities the world over. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) HONG KONG OUT 

Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum (R) is accompanied by her daughter Joyce Cheng (L) and actress Liza Wang during an award ceremony in Hong Kong November 17, 2007. Sum, a Hong Kong comedian and actress, is known to fans as Fei-fei, which literally translates as Fat Fat or Fatty, and has appeared in numerous Hong Kong films. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) 

Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum receives an award to honour her acting skills and for her long service to TVB, a TV broadcasting network in Hong Kong November 17, 2007. Sum, a Hong Kong comedian and actress, is known to fans as Fei-fei, which literally translates as Fat Fat or Fatty, and has appeared in numerous Hong Kong films. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) 

A woman performs during the Miss Fatty contest in Moscow June 24, 2007. The contest was part of festivities organised every year by Moskovsky Komsomolets youth-oriented newspaper at Moscow's Luzhniki sports area. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

Women perform during the Miss Fatty contest in Moscow June 24, 2007. The contest was part of festivities organised every year by Moskovsky Komsomolets youth-oriented newspaper at Moscow's Luzhniki sports area. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

A woman performs during the Miss Fatty contest in Moscow on June 24, 2007. The contest was part of festivities organised every year by Moskovsky Komsomolets youth-oriented newspaper at Moscow's Luzhniki sports area. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

Reuters correspondent Pascal Fletcher samples fresh camel milk by the roadside in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott, March 24, 2007. Fresh from the udder, camel milk is topped by a thick white froth. It tastes different to cow milk, less fatty and sometimes a bit saltier, and its chemical composition is very different. Picture taken March 24, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MAURITANIA-CAMELS REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (MAURITANIA) 

Visitors gaze at the Jade Cabbage, one of the most popular exhibits at the National Palace Musem in Taipei, displayed here with a hard rock sculpted like a piece of tender fatty pork January 6, 2005. The museum houses the best collection of Chinese imperial treasures in the world, and came to Taiwan in 1949 as the Nationalists lost a civil war to the Chinese communists and fled to the island. TO MATCH FEATURE ARTS-TAIWAN-CHINA REUTERS/Richard Chung TW/FA 

23 year old Ludwika Paleta (Ludwika Lollipop) is crowned Miss Gay
Gordita (Miss Gay Fatty) 2003 during the pageant of the same name at a
Nicaraguan night club October 19, 2003. Contestants are required to
weigh over 180 lbs (about 90 kilos) to enter. This year was the 25th
annual pageant and it was dedicated to recently deceased salsa queen
Celia Cruz. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas. PP03100104

AW 

Miss Gordita Gay 2002 (Miss Gay Fatty 2002) known as the Outgoing
Queen, announces contestants in the Miss Gay Gordita (Miss Gay Fatty)
pageant at a Nicaraguan night club October 19, 2003. Contestants are
required to weigh over 180 lbs (about 90 kilos) to enter. This year was
the 25th annual pageant and it was dedicated to recently deceased salsa
queen Celia Cruz. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas PP03100104

AW 

22 year Nefertiti wears a Celia Cruz style wig as she competes in the
Miss Gay Gordita Nicaragua (Miss Gay Fatty) pageant at a Nicaraguan
night club October 19, 2003. Contestants are required to weigh over 180
lbs (90 kilos) to enter. This year was the 25th annual pageant and it
was dedicated to recently deceased salsa queen Celia Cruz.
REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas PP03100104

AW 

Contestants in the Miss Gay Gordita (Miss Gay Fatty) pageant Maywalli
Shannon (R), Marbelli Perez (2nd R), Griselda Jessenia (2ndL) and
Ludwika Paleta (L) wave at spectators during their beauty contest at a
Nicaraguan night club October 19, 2003. Contestants are required to
weigh over 180 lbs (about 90 kilos) to enter. This year was the 25th
annual pageant and it was dedicated to recently deceased salsa queen
Celia Cruz. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas PP03100104

AW 

23 year old Ludwika Paleta (Ludwika Lollipop) is accompanied by a
dancer during her performance in the Miss Gay Gordita (Miss Gay Fatty)
pageant at a Nicaraguan night club October 19, 2003. Contestants are
required to weigh over 180 lbs (90 kilos) to enter. This year was the
25th annual pageant and it was dedicated to recently deceased salsa
queen Celia Cruz. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas PP03100104

AW 

Contestants go through their paces during the Miss Gay Gordita (Miss
Gay Fatty) pageant at a Nicaraguan night club October 19, 2003.
Contestants are required to weigh over 180 lbs (about 90 kilos) to
enter. This year was the 25th annual pageant and it was dedicated to
recently deceased salsa queen Celia Cruz. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
PP03100104

AW 

Russian women performs belly dancing during the Miss Fatty contest in
Moscow on June 30, 2002. The contest was part of festivities organised
every year by Moskovsky Komsomolets youth-oriented newspaper at
Moscow's Luzhniki sports area. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin

CVI/AH 

Dieter Arnold of Germany's Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers speaks at a press conference after an emergency session of international food safety experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, June 27, 2002. [International food safety experts said on Thursday that the fatty foods may be cancer-causing but a final verdict needed more research. The 25 specialists, mainly from Europe, the United States and Japan were summoned to Geneva after researchers in Sweden found high levels of acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance in animals, in carbohydrate-rich foods such as potato crisps. The finding, subsequently backed up by similar tests in four other countries including Britain and Norway, triggered a worldwide food scare.] 

Jorgen Schlundt, the U.N. body's food safety programme coordinator, speaks at a press conference after an emergency session of international food safety experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, June 27, 2002. [International food safety experts said on Thursday that fatty foods may be cancer-causing but a final verdict needed more research. The 25 specialists, mainly from Europe, the United States and Japan were summoned to Geneva after researchers in Sweden found high levels of acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance in animals, and in carbohydrate-rich foods such as potato crisps. The finding, subsequently backed up by similar tests in four other countries including Britain and Norway, triggered a worldwide food scare.] 

Dieter Arnold of Germany's Federal Institute for Health Protection of
Consumers speaks at a press conference after an emergency session of
international food safety experts at the World Health Organization
(WHO) in Geneva, June 27, 2002. International food safety experts said
on Thursday that the fatty foods may be cancer-causing but a final
verdict needed more research. The 25 specialists, mainly from Europe,
the United States and Japan were summoned to Geneva after researchers
in Sweden found high levels of acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance
in animals, in carbohydrate-rich foods such as potato crisps. The
finding, subsequently backed up by similar tests in four other
countries including Britain and Norway, triggered a worldwide food
scare. REUTERS/Jean-Marc Ferre

JMF/HM/CRB 

JORGEN SCHLUND SPEAKS AT A WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PRESS CONFERENCE
ABOUT THE CANCER CAUSING ACRYLAMIDE FOUND IN CARBOHYDRATE-RICH FOODS.


Jorgen Schlundt, the U.N. body's food safety programme coordinator,
speaks at a press conference after an emergency session of
international food safety experts at the World Health Organization
(WHO) in Geneva, June 27, 2002. International food safety experts said
on Thursday that fatty foods may be cancer-causing but a final verdict
needed more research. The 25 specialists, mainly from Europe, the
United States and Japan were summoned to Geneva after researchers in
Sweden found high levels of acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance in
animals, and in carbohydrate-rich foods such as potato crisps. The
finding, subsequently backed up by similar tests in four other
countries including Britain and Norway, triggered a worldwide food
scare. REUTERS/Jean-Marc Ferre 

A woman sells cigarettes from a stall in Beijing July 10, 2001. While obesity is not yet a problem, China's transition from a rural to increasingly Westernized society is likely to lead to an epidemic of heart ailments brought on by fatty diets, smoking and other factors, Chinese and U.S. epidemiologists predicted. About a third of China's 1.3 billion people smoke. 

A woman sells cigarettes from a stall in Beijing July 10, 2001. While
obesity is not yet a problem, China's transition from a rural to
increasingly Westernized society is likely to lead to an epidemic of
heart ailments brought on by fatty diets, smoking and other factors,
Chinese and U.S. epidemiologists predicted. About a third of China's
1.3 billion people smoke.

CMC/CP 

Recep Karsikan, a 300 kilo (660 pound) ice-cream vendor is calling for donations to finance the stomach-stapling operation he says is necessary to keep him from eating his way to an early grave January 10, 2001. Karsikan, whose trade name in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras is "Fat Recep", says he has tried to lose weight several different ways, but now needs someone to take away his fatty foods and donations to pay for the operation.

FS/CRB 

Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov dances at the opening of "Miss Fatty" contest June 27. Luzhkov on Sunday attended the festivities organised every year by Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets at Luzhniki stadium. 

Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov dances at the opening of "Miss Fatty" contest June 27. Luzhkov on Sunday attended the festivities organised every year by Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets at Luzhniki stadium.

CVI/JDP 

US. cardiologist Michael DeBakey gestures during an interview with Reuters, November 7. Debakey said that Russian President Boris Yeltsin could be back home in two to three weeks after his quintiple heart bypass. Debakey said President Boris Yeltsin will have to steer clear of fatty foods but should survive an occasional drinking binge.