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 This section is dedicated to the crisis of overweight and obesity that thousands face in this country. You will find articles from a number different sources from the local, state, and national news to state and federal agencies to local, regional, and national organizations focused on the solving the problem of obesity in America.
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| Obesity Prevention at School: Standards Set for All Food |
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Raleigh, N.C.
May 27, 2004—Local school officials will have a new tool for preventing obesity in school children. Three state agencies -- the North Carolina Division of Public Health, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service -- collaborated to forge nutrition standards for all foods kids might find at school... To read the full story, click here.
Fact Sheet: Recommended Standards For All Foods Available In School
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| Reshaping N.C. for better girth control |
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Olson Huff - Raleigh News & Observer
ASHEVILLE -- Obesity is the next big thing! Articles in newspapers and other publications address this increasingly weighty health crisis. Earlier this month, ABC News and Time magazine, with support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, held a national summit on obesity's grave effects on our society. The goal was to reach some consensus regarding the dimensions of the crisis and to identify the most logical next steps... read the rest of the story here!
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| Child Watch uses tour to put faces, names on childhood obesity problem |
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Michael Flynn, - Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - As about 20 first-graders at Claxton Elementary began a series of stretching exercises in the school's gym, physical education instructor Jeanne Brown asked, "Doesn't that feel good after sitting in a chair all morning?"
The spreading smiles indicated the answer was yes. Soon, several dozen community leaders had joined in to loosen up for a little jogging, jumping rope and basketball... read more at... http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/53291
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| Obesity May Soon Overtake Tobacco as Leading Cause of Preventable Death in US |
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www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com
With poor diet and physical inactivity poised to become the leading preventable cause of death in America, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson renewed efforts against obesity and overweight, announcing a new national education campaign and a new research strategy at HHS' National Institutes of Health (NIH)... Click this link to read more!
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| City, suburban designs could be bad for your health |
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Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY
Why don't Americans walk anywhere?
Old answer: They're lazy.
New answer: They can't.
This article explores the problem of urban sprawl and its effects on health and obesity. Click here to see the full story.
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| More Links on Obesity: |
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Healthy Highways - Info on eating better while on the road
http://www.healthyhighways.com/
Children's ABC Book on Healthy Eating
http://www.healthyhighways.com/kc/abc-a.htm
The Raleigh News and Observer series on obesity
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/obesity/index.html
CDC's website for kids - Fit for Life
http://www.bam.gov/fit4life/index.htm |
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