Obesity and exercise: How 390-pound Charles Cicciarella began to walk the walk
Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Charles Cicciarella weighed 390 pounds when the death of a beloved aunt woke him up. Now he walks, swims and lift weights, and he's written a book on his success.Charles Cicciarella, a 36-year-old e-learning specialist from Toronto, had been fat for as long as he could remember. He was a target of bullies during his school years and then ballooned in his early 20s when he began a lucrative career that enabled an immobile lifestyle.