Article: `Blizzard Bloat' Blaming One's Weight On the Weather

These days you may have noticed a subtle expanding of your friends' waistlines as well as your own. Well, take consolation in knowing you are not the only one suffering from . . . "blizzard bloat," that mysterious creeping up of body fat that has hit a large number of Washingtonians, according to an informal survey of frustrated, and slightly fatter colleagues and friends after the Blizzard(s) of '96.

"I've gained eight pounds since New Year's Day and I feel very frustrated," says Linda Warner, who experienced blizzard bloat on top of gaining a few pounds over the holidays. Warner, who works for the Cooperative Development Foundation in Washington, says she is looking forward to ...

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