Obesity Report Proposes Sweeping Changes In Schools, Communities, Workplaces - Kaiser Health News
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Published: May 09, 2012
CTV.ca Obesity Report Proposes Sweeping Changes In Schools, Communities, Workplaces Kaiser Health News The Institute of Medicine panel recommended five critical areas to focus on to lower obesity: physical activity, food and beverage, marketing, work and schools. Boston Globe: Do We Finally Have A Solution To The Obesity Epidemic? Obesity vs. ‘nanny state’? Recommendations lead to backlashLos Angeles Times Obesity epidemic stems from environment, panel saysmsnbc.com Schools key to fighting US obesity, report saysColumbus Dispatch…
Dollar General to expand into grocery business
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Published: May 08, 2012
Dollar General announces plans to expand further into the grocery business. The Wall Street Journal reports the discount chain will stock more fresh foods and refrigerated products to lure in customers. The company expects to open 40 new “Dollar General Market” stores over the next year, mostly in areas with a lack of local grocery stores. Currently, there are more than 60 “Dollar General Markets” spread among several states. For the full story, click here.
With Classroom Breakfasts, a Concern That Some Children Eat Twice
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Published: April 23, 2012
It is an innovative, intuitive and increasingly common way to ensure that food reaches the mouths of hungry children from low-income families: give out free breakfast in the classroom at the start of each school day. The results, seen at urban districts across the country, are striking. Without the stigma of a trip to the cafeteria, the number of students in Newark who eat breakfast in school has tripled. Absenteeism has fallen in Los Angeles,…
Poverty and Obesity: Breaking the Link - Huffington Post
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Published: April 11, 2012
Poverty and Obesity: Breaking the Link Huffington Post There is finally a glimmer of hope in the fight against obesity, a critical public health and economic crisis burdening our nation. After several decades of steep upswings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that … and more »
Could autism be linked with mothers' obesity during pregnancy? Study says it could be a factor
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Published: April 09, 2012
Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests. It's among the first studies linking the two, and though it doesn't prove obesity causes autism, the authors say their results raise public health concerns because of the high level of obesity in this country. Study women who were obese during pregnancy were about 67 percent more likely than normal-weight women to have autistic children. They also faced double…
New Study Shows Importance of Calculating Full Cost Savings of Chronic Disease - MarketWatch
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Published: March 21, 2012
New Study Shows Importance of Calculating Full Cost Savings of Chronic Disease … MarketWatch (press release) WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cost estimates for legislative proposals to address chronic health conditions like obesity use a time period that is too short to capture the potential economic value of preventing related diseases …
Screeeeech... Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes Appeal Suit
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Published: February 13, 2012
Keep on rolling… for now. It may not be the best weather for cycling, but the Prospect Park West bikelash is heating up again. On Friday, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes, the cleverly named community group opposing the lane alongside Prospect Park, appealed an August decision in Brooklyn Supreme Court not to hear its legal challenge against the city. The group still contends that the …
Walmart 'Great for You' Healthy Labels: Nutrition Experts Say 'Devil in the Details'
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Published: February 07, 2012
As Walmart announced plans today to label certain foods with a new green “Great for You” label, some diet and nutrition experts told ABC News they applauded the move, while others questioned whether a company that sells food could set objective standards for what is healthy. “There is no reason why foxes should guard hen houses, and no reason why those selling food should be the ones to rate nutritional quality,” said Dr. David Katz,…
Walmart to label healthier food as 'Great For You'
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Published: February 07, 2012
After a lengthy debate, Walmart decided that eggs are indeed healthy. Eggs are among the foods getting a new “Great For You” icon from the world’s largest retailer as it tries to convince shoppers that they can make healthy, low-cost choices when picking out food at its U.S. stores. The icon comes just over a year after Walmart, the main U.S. arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, said that it would look for ways to improve…
Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features
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Published: February 07, 2012
When it comes to moving people around in healthy ways, New York City already has a leg up on most cities and towns around the country. The city has sidewalks in all five boroughs; food stores and other shops are within walking distance of where most people live. It is served nearly everywhere by extensive, inexpensive and largely dependable public transportation. City children have long been able to walk, skate or scoot to school, though…
University looking for 'creative' ways to address Georgia obesity
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Published: February 06, 2012
The University of Georgia has launched an initiative to tackle a big-boned problem across the state of Georgia. University President Michael Adams announced an initiative against obesity last month, saying the problem has been long-term and will not be easy to beat. "The data showing how quickly our population has been overcome by this menace to public health are truly startling," Adams said in a University press release. "Obesity and its related diseases are taking…
Day Six: Is Obesity an Infectious Disease? - Huffington Post
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Published: February 06, 2012
Daily Mail Day Six: Is Obesity an Infectious Disease? Huffington Post New findings suggest that obesity and liver disease can be caused by proteins that change microbe populations in the stomach, according to a study published in the February 2012 issue of the journal Nature. The Yale immunobiologists' discovery suggests … Obesity could be INFECTIOUS: Gut microbe imbalance is catching, study findsDaily Mail Obesity could be catchingTG Daily Today in Research: Health Benefits of Coffee;…
Salt Lake City wins grant to experiment with 'protected' bike lanes
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Published: February 06, 2012
Salt Lake City wins grant to experiment with “protected” bike lanes By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 6, 2012 07:58AM MDT A $25,000 grant to Salt Lake City will help traffic engineers test an innovative bike-safety tactic that uses parked cars to form a protected bike lane â€" a cost-effective move because construction will involve little more than green and white paint. The …
Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too
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Published: January 31, 2012
When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, “But he’s so young.” The reality is that strokes don’t just happen to grandma. They can happen at any age, even to children - and they’re on the rise among the young and middle-aged. That makes it crucial to know the warning signs no matter how old you are. “Nobody’s invincible,” warns Dr. Ralph Sacco,…
Calories count, but source doesn't matter: study
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Published: January 30, 2012
People trying to lose weight may swear by specific diet plans calling for strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein, but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them, according to a study. Researchers whose results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found there were no differences in weight loss or the reduction of fat between four diets with different proportions of fat, carbohydrates…
USDA sets guidelines for healthier school meals
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Published: January 25, 2012
Millions of schoolchildren will have more fruit and vegetables and less fat in their meals under U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards unveiled on Wednesday aimed at reducing childhood obesity. In the first major changes to school meals in more than 15 years, the new USDA guidelines will affect nearly 32 million children who eat at school. They will cost about $3.2 billion to implement over the next five years. “Improving the quality of the…
Food Network, book take on weight in chefs
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Published: January 25, 2012
Paula Deen’s diabetes revelation pretty much sums it up: Kitchen pros at all levels struggle with obesity and its dangerous aftertaste in the high-pressure, high-calorie world of food.The queen of Southern comfort cooking, now a spokeswoman for a diabetes drugmaker’s health initiative, announced last week that she hid her Type 2 diabetes for about three years while continuing to cook up deep-fried cheesecake and bacon-and-egg burgers between doughnuts on TV. Choosing to digest her ill…
7 Reasons We're Finally Starting to See Obesity Rates Level Off - The Atlantic
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Published: January 24, 2012
7 Reasons We're Finally Starting to See Obesity Rates Level Off The Atlantic The latest obesity statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show no change over the last several years in either adults or children. No change is good news. For adults in 2009 and 2010 the prevalence of obesity was 35.5 … Let's cut the fat on obesity commentary in the USDaily Athenaeum Childhood Obesity: The Shame of AmericaExaminer.com all…
Comparing states and big cities for bicycle commuting and safety
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Published: January 24, 2012
Oregon has the highest rate of bicycle commuting in the 50 states, but South Dakota is the safest state for cycling. Those are just a couple of findings in the extensive Benchmarking Report for 2012 issued this week by the appropriately named Alliance for Biking and Walking. The report ranks the state and big cities on levels of bicycling and walking, the comparative risks of those pursuits, and …
Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat
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Published: January 23, 2012
Junk food in middle school does not lead to weight gain in children. A study followed nearly 20,000 students from kindergarten through the eighth grade in 1,000 public and private schools. The researchers examined the children’s weight and found that in the eighth grade, 35.5 percent of kids in schools with junk food were overweight while 34.8 percent of those in schools without it were overweight – a statistically insignificant increase. In other words, kids…
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