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Saturday, September 29, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity linked to breast cancer - Food Consumer

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:10 AM PDT


Obesity linked to breast cancer
Food Consumer
Saturday Sept 29, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Women who live with obesity are at higher risk for breast cancer compared with those who have a normal body mass index (BMI), according to a new study in the International Journal of Cancer. Kami K. White at ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Parents need to take responsibility to curb obesity - Napa Valley Register

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:16 PM PDT


Belfast Telegraph

Parents need to take responsibility to curb obesity
Napa Valley Register
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity as having a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or higher. Parents need to start with eliminating all fast food, junk food and sodas from their children's diets and have their children walk to school.
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Child obesity fears prompt BMI call Belfast Telegraph
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Kids get free health exams at Nova Southeastern's Day for Children

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT

Thousands of children got a free health check without visiting the doctor's office Sunday at Nova Southeastern University's 10th annual Day for Children.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>If you think we're fat now ...

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Think Americans are fat now? After all, a third of us are overweight and another 35 percent are obese. But a report out Tuesday projects 44 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-Loss Surgery's Health Benefits Found to Have Costs - Businessweek

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:15 AM PDT


Forbes

Weight-Loss Surgery's Health Benefits Found to Have Costs
Businessweek
A person with a body mass index of at least 30 is considered obese, according to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The BMI is calculated using height and weight. A man who is six-foot tall who weighed more than 220 pounds would ...
Obesity report predicts staggering weight gain, higher costs for health care Chicago Tribune
Report says obesity could surpass 50 percent mark in most states by 2030 New York Daily News
How Losing Weight Could Help Save The US Billions Forbes
Hartford Courant
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 States by 2030, According to New Study

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Related Health Care Costs Could Climb by More Than 20 Percent in Nine StatesWASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012, a report released ...

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