{{B}}Linda{{/B}} My husband weighed 275 pounds. He used to skip breakfast, and he didn' t eat all that much for dinner. So I once wondered why he was getting so big. Then I found out he was stopping to buy a dozen chocolate-covered doughnuts each morning. And you know how I found out? He was eating them while driving, so he wouldn't have to share them at work. While chasing one that rolled across the front seat, he ran into a telephone pole. {{B}}Emily{{/B}} Two years ago, I knew my husband' s health was at risk because of all the weight he had picked up since we' d been married. But he wasn' t doing anything about it. Then I went to a doctor' s office and I followed his advice and started talking about food to my husband—what was good, what was bad—as if it was a new discovery. I didn' t lecture my husband about the evils of being overweight, didn' t try to threaten him by saying if he didn' t lose weight his blood pressure could shoot sky-high and he might have a heart attack. Instead, I talked about how well he' d look in new clothes, how he' d probably do better on the job (he was a salesman), to ask questions. After a few months, he' d lost 20 pounds. {{B}}John{{/B}} I once kept a list of everything I ate one week, just to show my wife was wrong about where I was picking up extra pounds. When I studied my list, I wondered how I found time to do any work, I was eating so much. There' s nothing like seeing it in black and white to prove you' re wrong. {{B}}Jane Scott{{/B}} When I found my husband had weight problem, I was determined to take some measures. I made sure I needed something from the store three mornings a week, and then I told my husband I didn' t want to walk there alone—it was about a quarter of a mile each way—and I' d always insist on walking. He breathed hard at first, but gradually got used to it, and we started making a circle around the neighborhood at night, too, with the dog. That was three years ago, and now I can' t keep him still. The walking got him used to using his body again, and he was happy to find it still worked pretty well. {{B}}Ted{{/B}} Men tend to think less about the costs of excess pounds than women do. Men often seem blind to the possibility that a beer belly is causing them to look unattractive to their mates, holding them back in their careers and killing them before their time. Also, many men feel self-conscious going to a diet center—especially if most of the group is female. Diets are perceived to be of women' s concern, or an admission of weakness. There are even men who would rather blow up like a blimp before they admit to other men—or themselves—that they need to lose weight.{{I}} Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. {{/I}} {{B}}Statements{{/B}}

[E] Gaining weight has nothing to do with health.[F] Your educational role sometimes has to be more subtle.[G] Facts are indisputable.