Here's a couple of articles that came to me by way of email (thanks Karen & Jim). 100-calorie nibbles For the dieter who's looking to lose a few, the market wants to help you. For the past couple of years, certain companies have offered small portions of snack foods bundled in 100-calorie packs. Roughly 175 products -- among them Nabisco's Oreos and Teddy Grahams, Hershey's Dark Chocolate and, yes, even Hostess' Twinkies, in the form of Twinkie Bites -- come in small sizes. Do they work? Weight loss surgery's complications devastate some patients Sandi Krueger of Turlock dropped 120 pounds with weight-loss surgery, but she is hardly a success story. The 2002 surgery led to chronic malnutrition and anemia. As the pounds melted away, so did her life. With a sunken face and protruding collar bones, she is too weak to work and spends most afternoons on the couch wrapped in a blanket. She has thoughts of giving up, but wants to be there for 12-year-old daughter Megan and 19-year-old son Dustin. "It's not acceptable leaving me like this," said the 103-pound Krueger, who at 38 looks closer to 50. "I've gone to doctor after doctor and basically they don't...