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Obesity Defined

A condition in which body weight is considerably (more than two standard deviations) above the range that is normal for body height.

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Cool Gadgets To Make Staying Healthy Fun!

Published September 5, 2008, 5:04 pm, CBS News

Gizmo guru Steve Greenberg showed new devices to help you take better care of yourself head-to-toe, on The Saturday Early Show .

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Eat Food

Published September 5, 2008, 4:43 pm, Santa Barbara Independent

How can you tell if it's real?

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Column Label it

Published September 5, 2008, 3:17 pm, Express India

In the US, in an effort to fight the obesity epidemic, New York restaurants are being required to put a calorie count on their servings

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BC BREAKING NEWS:

Published September 5, 2008, 3:12 pm, Kelowna Capital News

Teachers and apples have a long-standing association and school superintendent Mike Munro proves to be no exception as the Nanaimo school district promotes healthy snack choices in local schools.

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Shame on you, Generation Excess

Published September 5, 2008, 3:04 pm, Busselton-Dunsborough Mail

We Australian baby boomers are among the most privileged human beings to have walked on planet earth. It's not just that we are the second longest living people in the world, after Japan. Or that we are exceptionally healthy, because obesity levels suggest we're not.

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Dr. Jonny Bowden: Addicted to Oil, Addicted to Sugar

Published September 5, 2008, 2:50 pm, HuffingtonPost

There are some striking parallels between the gas crisis and the obesity crisis. Clamoring for cheaper gas and offshore drilling is the equivalent of looking for a way to keep eating crap and not get fat.

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West Nile virus infection kills Rialto man

Published September 5, 2008, 2:21 pm, The Press-Enterprise

A Rialto man is the first Inland resident to die of the West Nile Virus this year and the third in the state, health officials said today. The 48-year-old man, whose name was not released, died Aug. 27.

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The Lifestyle 50

Published September 5, 2008, 2:13 pm, Times Online

On the face of it, what could the scientist Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, our biggest health research charity, and the childcare guru Gina Ford possibly have in common?

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Help available for students with diabetes

Published September 5, 2008, 1:57 pm, New York Teacher

As obesity rates in children continue to soar, Type 2 diabetes — once seen primarily in adults — is becoming more common. A free guide from the National Diabetes Education Program illustrates how school personnel can better meet the medical needs of students with diabetes.

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5 candidates in NH's 2nd District GOP primary

Published September 5, 2008, 1:26 pm, Boston Globe

Only one of the five Republicans competing for the chance to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes has won an election before, but all claim the right experience for Congress.

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Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegenerat ion Found
Central Obesity
California Not on Track To Meet Certain National Health Goals | California Healthline 09.05.08: California residents are not on track to meet certain nationally mandated health goals by 2010, and a lack of physician involvement could be partially to blame, according to a UCLA study released Wednesday, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
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Stores promoting junk food despite warnings on obesity - Times Online

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