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Obesity: Big bellies sink ships?

  January 05, 2012

Our expanding waistlines might not yet sink our whale watching boats, but it is becoming an open question as to which whale is watching whom. In a regulatory sign of the times, ferries, sightseeing boats and other commercial passenger vessels enter the new year operating under new Coast Guard regulations requiring operators to calculate passenger capacity based on an average weight of 185 pounds.

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