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Going Up: Obesity Rates
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Yahoo! Buzz Log -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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by Claudine Zap Here's a heavy subject: If obesity trends continue, more than 40% of the U.S. will be obese by 2018. According to a new study, that's not the only number to go up: The health…
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Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes (HealthDay)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
- HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its… » See more
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Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart Health (HealthDay)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: Nov 17, 2009
- HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Surging obesity rates, especially among children, may be putting the brakes on progress made in the past few decades against heart disease, researchers report. » See more
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Rising obesity will cost U.S. health care $344 billion a year
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USATODAY.com -
Submitted: Nov 17, 2009
- If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will eat up about 21% of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate ... » See more
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US survey shows southern counties most obese (AP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and…
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What Santa Doesn't Want for Christmas: Swine Flu
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Momlogic -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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New York Daily News: Santas may love to give, but there's one thing they'd rather not receive in return: swine flu. It seems the nation's Santas want special priority for getting the H1N1 vaccine --…
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Channeling 'Shallow Hal'? Some Obese People Do, Study Says
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Momlogic -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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eurekalert.org: Some obese people misperceive that their body size is normal and think they don't need to lose weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific…
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Daniel Webb Dead: Obese SC Man Died After 8 Months In Home Recliner, Didn't Have Health Insurance
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Huffington Post -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his…
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Force-feeding in Mauritania
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PRI's The World -
Submitted: Nov 16, 2009
- Download audio file (1116094.mp3) Download MP3 Marco Werman speaks with Abigail Haworth, Senior International editor for the US edition of Marie Claire magazine. She reported on the practice of force-feeding young girls in Mauritania, a country… » See more
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