Obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk
Grand Forks Herald
The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart ...

Boot camp addresses adolescent obesity
Daily Journal
Through the years, Jennings said she has become more aware of adolescent obesity. The problem is one she feels is not only an issue of self-esteem, but, ...

MyFox Philadelphia
Overweight Pa. students unhappy about fitness class rule
WGME
They say obesity and diabetes are problems, especially in the African-American community. The mandate requires students to get tested for their body mass ...
Pennsylvania College Makes BMI A Required TestNPR
Lincoln U students upset about fitness requirementPhiladelphia Inquirer
Pa. university students upset about fitness classThe Associated Press
City Town Info Education Channel -U.S. News & World Report -United Press International
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Stop Picking on Fat People
Wall Street Journal
The debate regarding the American "obesity plague" has taken on an increasingly rancorous tone. On one side are those who honestly believe ...

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CDC Survey Says South Carolina One of Most Obese States
News Channel 7
A new CDC national survey found South Carolina has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes. By Robert Kittle The most recent Morbidity and ...
CDC Issues County-Level Obesity, Diabetes Rate SurveyRedOrbit
Obesity highest in US SouthManila Bulletin
Diabetes and obesity rates up, CDC reportsRecord-Searchlight
WebMD -Visit Bulgaria
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The Health-Care Buffet
Wall Street Journal
While lawmakers like to vilify insurance and pharmaceutical companies for driving up health-care costs to make fat profits, obesity is ...
South Carolina: Fat Is Getting More ExpensiveFITSNews
With a third of Pennsylvanians obese, Emory economist warns of future costsPhiladelphia Business Journal

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Obesity in Adolescence May Increase Girls' MS Risk
ABC News
"This is the first study to link MS risk with obesity," study co-author Dr. Kassandra L. Munger of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston told ...
Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS riskKCRG

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ABC News
Obesity noted as America's most pressing health problem
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
That means that 21 percent of healthcare dollars will be spent on obesity and related ailments, up from an already significant 9 percent today. ...
Report projects soaring obesity by 2018 in IL, USChicago Tribune
Spreading obesity might undo savings from health overhaulMcClatchy Washington Bureau
Study Foresees an Increase in Obesity and Its CostsNew York Times
eMaxHealth -USA Today -Bizjournals.com
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USA Today
President tackling kids' obesity, public service on White House lawn
USA Today
The 90-second public service announcement is a joint effort between the NFL's Play 60 campaign to fight childhood obesity and the president's United We ...
Brees to Obama, TouchdownNew York Times
Obama, NFL players encourage kids to exerciseProFootballTalk
President Obama to appear during the football game on Thanksgiving DayExaminer.com
FanHouse (blog) -NOLA.com -The INDsider
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Increased Obesity Hindering Success at Reducing Heart Disease Risk
Science Daily (press release)
17, 2009) — The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk ...
Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart HealthU.S. News & World Report
Obesity Wipes Out Decades of Efforts to Reduce Threats to HeartBloomberg
Obesity epidemic has adverse effects on CV health of today's childrenCardiology Today
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
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Examiner.com
Ohioans Obesity Rates to Rise By 2018
Cleveland News - Fox 8
They say the time to act is now, because according to the study, obesity could end up costing the average Ohioan more than $1800 a year in medical and ...
Childhood Obesity Tackled in OhioWSAZ-TV
Bills take obesity fight into Ohio schoolsColumbus Dispatch
Ohio bill targets obesity in schoolsCincinnati.com
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America's Obesity Obsession: It's Just Not Healthy
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Obesity has become more than just an obsession with food. Americans have become obsessed with our problem, from lawsuits to reality TV shows, ...

Global effort intensifies to tackle diabetes epidemic
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)
No less than eight life science companies based in San Diego County are involved in the effort to address the disease and its direct link with obesity. ...
NEWS | SAN DIEGO Global effort intensifies to tackle diabetes epidemicSan Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)

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Pennsylvania College Makes BMI A Required Test
NPR
The obesity epidemic has come to this, a Pennsylvania college is telling students to shape up--or else. People who are obese are more ...
Pa. university students upset about fitness classThe Associated Press
University Requiring Course For Obese StudentsCity Town Info Education Channel
Pennsylvania School Adds BMI Test for GraduationU.S. News & World Report
Inside Higher Ed
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Lincoln U students upset about fitness requirement
Philadelphia Inquirer
They say obesity and diabetes are problems especially in the African-American community. This year's senior class is the first to be affected by the ...

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Examiner.com
Movie popcorn + soda = obesity
Examiner.com
"Regal and AMC are our nominees for Best Supporting Actor in the Obesity Epidemic," said CSPI senior nutritionist Jayne Hurley. Regal says that its medium ...

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Albany Times Union
CDC Issues County-Level Obesity, Diabetes Rate Survey
RedOrbit
The CDC's first-ever county survey of obesity confirms previous study findings which show the highest rate of obesity lies in the areas of the Southeast and ...
Obesity highest in US SouthManila Bulletin
Diabetes and obesity rates up, CDC reportsRecord-Searchlight
More Obesity, Diabetes in South, AppalachiaWebMD
Visit Bulgaria -Montgomery Advertiser
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University Requiring Course For Obese Students
City Town Info Education Channel
"It is understood that obesity in America is growing fast, but maybe there should have been a different approach in informing the students about their ...
A Different Kind of TestInside Higher Ed
Pa. university students must pass fitness classThe Associated Press

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Fighting Obesity in Accomack County
WBOC TV 16
NEW CHURCH, Va.- Health officials in Accomack County are hoping to trim the fat off of county residents. According to one health survey, 70 percent of adult ...

Spending To Treat Obesity's Health Effects Will Quadruple In Next Decade
Kaiser Health News
Medill News Service/McClatchy: "Spending to treat the health effects of obesity, $86 billion last year, will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half ...