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Americans consumed with trying to be thin and young.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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| January 26, 1996 | Purvis, Kathleen | COPYRIGHT 1996 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I have a confession to make.

Under my clothes, I look like a 37-year-old woman. With good reason _ in a few weeks, I'll be a 37-year-old woman. And I'm OK with that.

You may wonder what that has to do with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the new fake fat, olestra. After all, most of the hand-wringing over Procter & Gamble's wunderlard has involved olestra's side effects _ the infamous ``anal leakage'' and a tendency to rob the body of carotenoids with possible cancer-fighting powers.

Those things are certainly worth worrying about.

Besides, the last 10 years have brought us Nutrasweet and Snackwell cookies ... and the highest obesity rates in American history. Heck, I don't know if our waistlines can handle another round of fat-free snacks.

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