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Health knowledge made personal
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ýFight against obesity taking shape (The Republican)
Sat Nov 21 00:37:03 PST 2009
SPRINGFIELD - Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced the appointment of an 18-member leadership council Friday to promote wellness and combat obesity. The Mass in Motion-Springfield Wellness Leadership Council was announced during a press conference at Springfield College.
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More Obesity, Diabetes in South, Appalachia (MedicineNet.com)
Fri Nov 20 13:25:39 PST 2009
Title: More Obesity, Diabetes in South, Appalachia Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2009 11:08:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2009 11:08:03 AM
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Community drive to tackle obesity (BBC News)
Fri Nov 20 08:30:36 PST 2009
A French initiative which was successful in tackling childhood obesity is adopted in a town in North Lanarkshire.
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Partnership tackles childhood obesity (The Brockville Recorder and Times)
Fri Nov 20 21:58:59 PST 2009
Children from across the tri-county area will visit farms, plant gardens and take part in other activities aimed at promoting healthy eating in a $110,000 initiative announced today to combat childhood obesity and diabetes.[...]
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Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Thu Nov 19 15:29:49 PST 2009
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 first county-by-county survey.
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NACDD Applauds CDC Report for Providing First-Ever County-Level Snapshots of U.S. Obesity Rates (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Fri Nov 20 23:00:00 PST 2009
CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Also Updates Diabetes County-Level Estimates. The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) applauds the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for releasing estimates that provide the first county-level snapshots of obesity...
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CDC Issues County-Level Obesity, Diabetes Rate Survey (redOrbit)
Fri Nov 20 07:11:41 PST 2009
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 the Appalachias.The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention issued its findings in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on...
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Cost to treat obesity is expected to surge (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Fri Nov 20 01:35:49 PST 2009
WASHINGTON — Spending to treat the health effects of obesity — $86 billion last year — will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2018, according to the annual America's Health Rankings study.
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New county data shows Ky. has high rates of obesity and diabetes (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Fri Nov 20 06:15:31 PST 2009
The CDC maps incidence of obesity and diabetes. Kentucky has lots of both. Check Lu-Ann's Kentucky News Review for more information.
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CDC releases first county-by-county obesity study (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
Fri Nov 20 08:50:35 PST 2009
The CDC released its first study to give county-specific data about obesity across the country Friday.
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