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State Health Department gets CDC grant to fight child obesity (Provo Daily Herald)
As the state Health Department cobbles together a new obesity-fighting program based on the first of five annual $455,000 grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's not yet clear what role the Utah County Health Department will have in its execution.
Protein may explain bone loss, obesity (UPI)
AUGUSTA, Ga., July 4 (UPI) -- A small protein may have a big role in helping a person make more bone and less fat, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia said.
Mainers Warned About Childhood Obesity (WCSH 6 Portland)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Mainers got a warning from the nation's acting surgeon general about the dangers of childhood obesity. Steven Galson told reporters in Portland that 12.5 million children in the U.S. between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight.
Go ahead and jump (Kane County Chronicle)
ST. CHARLES – Kathy Soeder was looking for a family-orientated business that would address her concerns about childhood obesity and inactivity.
What factors are causing obesity rates to level out? (Montgomery Advertiser)
Q: What is causing the level ing off effect in childhood obesity rates?
Obsessing over obesity (Aspen Daily News)
It is true that poor people in America are more likely to be fat than rich people, which helps explains Aspen's generally skinny population. It is true that Americans have steadily put on weight since 1980.
Huge demand for obesity surgery (BBC News)
Doctors in Bristol are struggling to meet the demand for obesity surgery.
Surgeon general praises Lawrence's anti-childhood obesity efforts (The Eagle-Tribune)
LAWRENCE — An award-winning battle against childhood obesity is being waged in Lawrence and yesterday afternoon U.S. Surgeon General Steven Galson stopped by to congratulate local folks fighting this national health care epidemic.
Throwing their weight behind obesity (Pretoria News)
Jerusalem - Adding its weight to the struggle against obesity, the Jerusalem municipality has decided to place scales outside shopping centres and next to fast-food stands, to remind residents that whatever the cost of the food, the price is also paid in calories.
Association says obesity fought better with population-based approach (Florence Morning News)
The war on obesity can be fought better with a population-based approach, according to a scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
