Sectarian violence has kept many people indoors for years, and now they're fighting the battle of the bulge.
BAGHDAD -- In a land where just staying alive is a challenge, Haider Kareem Said's problem might seem trivial. He's overweight.
But that isn't a mere annoyance or something Said can fix with diet and exercise -- he's 5-foot-4 and weighs 495 pounds.
So last month, Said had a band surgically strapped around his stomach, an operation relatively new to Iraq that is proving to be a godsend for people facing an unusual consequence of the war: obesity.
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