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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 2005
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Andrew Ziskind, cardiologist and president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, said the size of a person did not determine if players would have heart problems.
The ritual of eating at the Burge Union training table gives players numerous options to maintain their weight. The meals set by Bird offer healthy options each night, he said.
Ziskind said, "The question is, are they developing a lifestyle where they are going to be fat for their whole life? And then that starts to impact it as well."
"The question is, are people really bulking up and getting fat? If the people are eating unhealthy, eating high fat and so forth, what it can do is increase the likelihood of developing arthrosclerosis, which is narrowing of the arteries," Ziskind explained.
The difficulty of eating that amount of food each day.
Ziskind said cardiologists looked at five indicators for heart problems — high cholesterol, the presence of diabetes, high blood pressure, a family history of cardiovascular disease and smoking.
If a person had one of those risk factors and ate a high-fat diet for multiple years, his chance of developing cardiac problems could accelerate, Ziskind said. Those problems could include heart attack, some forms of cancers and premature death, the CDC said.
McGee said players often became healthier and that body fat may actually drop after being in the program for a year, even though the Body Mass Index considers every member of the Kansas offensive line obese.
Sophomore offensive lineman Todd Haselhorst missed the entire 2005 season because of shoulder injuries, but still eats the dinners each night.
"It is really important because it helps you keep your weight up," Haselhorst said.
Haselhorst had trouble staying in condition at times, because of the lack of physical exercise. He's been more conscious about what he eats for that reason, he said.
Haselhort's mother, Becky, said that she had noticed a difference in her son's muscle build.
"It is kind of amazing to see that he basically weighs what he weighed when he was a junior, senior in high school, but how much more firm he has gotten," Becky Haselhorst said. "He has got a lot more muscle. You can
Once they are done playing football, their activity level is going to go down too. If they continue to eat the way they have eaten the previous four years and with the decrease in activity since they are not practicing, they are just going to get obese."
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tell that he has dropped a lot or body fat."
Some members of the Kansas offensive line, such as Ochoa, have difficulty eating 5,000 calories and 125 grams of fat daily.
Rodriguez, who has put on more than 60 pounds since arriving at Kansas, also has trouble with the calorie intake.
"After games and stuff you have to force yourself to eat even though you might not be hungry." Ochoa said. "You kind of see the big picture that in the long run it is going to help you out and makes it a lot easier."
have to study," Rodriguez said. "It's tough, but you have to do what you have to do to put on weight."
"During the season you don't have time to go eat all the time because you have to go to practice, go to class, and you
Rodriguez said he ate four to five meals per day to maintain the weight, and the big meals at the Burge Union helped.
"It's crucial. You can go at five o'clock and not leave until seven and you can eat as much as you want. It's important to gaining weight." Rodriguez said.
When Rodriguez is not eating from the training table at the Burge, he often eats at Chipotle and PepperJax, he said.
The players seem unconcerned about how much they are eating or about future health problems because of their
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weight. They said they were satisfied with the treatment they received.
"They take good care of us here to get us in a position where we can compete and play and I think that it is never to a point where they put your body in jeopardy," Ochoa said.
During the season, offensive linemen find it difficult to
maintain the weight that they are expected to keep in order to play the position. That's why Bird gives individual players recommendations for what they should eat daily. He knows that some players will choose more fattening foods because they enjoy them more.
'The problem with them is trying to get that from healthy
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choices rather than going and getting the Monster Thickburger from Hardees or something like that," Bird said.
Bird's diet recommendations are vastly different depending on the player's position. He tells a wide receiver or defensive back to eat 3,800 calories per day but just 100 grams of fat.
Life after football, dealing with their size.
Some players enjoy eating the large amounts suggested by the team nutritionist.
Once the players are done playing football at Kansas, they have no need to stay on a 5,000-calorie diet.
Joe Vaughn, who started an center for Kansas in 2003 and 2004 and still lives in Lawrence, said, "It's the o-line. It is what it is. You can put on as much weight as you want to, you just have to be able to get the job done. It wasn't really hard for me and it really isn't hard for o-lineman because we like to eat anyway. You just kind of gain weight until you feel comfortable."
Vaughn said he still weighed the 285 pounds that he weighed when he last played. He is currently finishing up his degree and still looking to play professionally.
Former players who are still aspiring to live the dream of playing in the NFL often have trouble staying in playing shape. These players no longer have the structure of practice and coaches making sure they work out.
"It is different. You don't have anyone pushing you when you are on your own." Vaughn said.
Bird said he was formulating a program to meet with graduating athletes to discuss different healthy eating diets for when they are done playing.
"For four years or probably throughout high school, they have been trying to eat as much as they could to put on weight." Bird said. "Then once they are done playing there is no need to carry that much weight."
Bird said that those not playing professionally needed to take off the excess weight they gained playing at Kansas.
"Once they are done playing football, their activity level is going to go down too," Bird said. "If they continue to eat the way they have eaten the previous four years and with the decrease in activity since they are not practicing, they are just going to get obese."
Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
BUSINESS
Samsung makes deal; pleads guilty to price-fixing charges
BY MATTHEW FORDAHL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung, the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge it participated in a worldwide price-fixing conspiracy that damaged competition and raised PC prices.
After accepting the plea and a previously arranged deal with prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., to pay $300 million — the second-largest fine in a criminal antitrust case.
It was the culmination of a three-year investigation into price fluctuations in the dynamic random access memory
market from April 1999 to June 2002.
Prosecutors said Samsung, which is based in Seoul, South Korea, and other companies conspired in e-mails, telephone calls and in-person meetings to fix the price of chips used in personal computers and other electronic devices.
Earlier this year, Seoul-based Hynix Semiconductor Inc. agreed to pay a $185 million fine; rival Infineon Technologies AG of Germany agreed to pay $160 million last year. A fourth chip maker, Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, has been cooperating with prosecutors and was not expected to face charges.
On Wednesday, Samsung Semiconductor's chief financial officer, Dahm Huh,
spoke on behalf of the company and answered a series of routine questions about the defendant's ability to pay, the company's understanding of the deal and the waiving of various rights.
Huh answered "yes" or "no" to the questions but offered no elaboration and did not speak to reporters after the hearing. The company's spokeswoman, Chris Goodhart, also declined to comment afterward.
The plea deal, which was announced in October, requires the company to pay $300 million, plus interest, in installments over the next five years. The government agreed to not pursue additional prosecutions against Samsung or most its officers and employees.
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Rhonda Steele holds a German Shepherd puppy born to a pair of German Shepherd dogs who were rescued from Hurricane Katrina, in Madison, Ala. Shortly after rescuing them, the mother had 10 puppies, which have all been adopted. Steele continues to search for homes for their parents. She took in more than 100 dogs after Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans-area pet owners to abandon their animals. Steele, 40, operates a home-based dog grooming, boarding and daycare service in Madison.