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 Star Bulletin
Schools to lop junk off menu
Schools turn focus to nutrition, fitness | STORY SUMMARY » | Students and parents will see a big change in Hawaii's public schools as "wellness guidelines" are put into action over the next four ... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Food Health Nutrition Photos Schools |
 News24
'Tobacco approach' for obesity
Michael Kahn | Geneva - Tackling the global obesity epidemic will require governments to take similar action to that many used to curb smoking, a top researcher said on Wednesday. | This could include... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag )
Epidemic Obesity Photos Smoking Tobacco |
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 Florida Times Union
Cigarette Tax: A healthy tax
| The state of Florida's budget is under pressure. | | Health care costs are rising, especially the Medicaid program for low-income residents. | New so... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cigarette Florida Health Photos Taxes |
 Examiner
Bill could give federal oversight to private clinics for children and would require FDA inspections
Washington, D.C. (Map, News) - In a move that could have implications for D.C.’s troubled special education system, a panel of lawmakers Wednesday passed sweeping legis... (photo: creative commons)
Bill Children Education Health Photos |
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Congress joins talks about bisphenol A
Lawmakers fault federal agencies | Los Angeles Times, Journal Sentinel staff | Washington - Congress on Wednesday waded into an escalating scientific dispute over a contr... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Chemicals Congress Health Photos Plastic |
 Independent online
Researchers explore obesity
| By Michael Kahn | Geneva - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may programme a person to become ob... (photo: WN)
Disease Fitness Health Photos Society |
 Canada Dot Com
'Highly unlikely' risky drug will again be used in heart surgeries
| A controversial drug once commonly administered to control bleeding during heart surgery will probably never be used again, health care experts say. | New research by t... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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 Canada Dot Com
National. Canadians' fibs skew obesity figures: report
| Stats Canada says obesity rates are underestimated because Canadians are over-reporting their height and under-reporting their weight. Since the mid-1990s, StatsCan has... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Canada Health Obesity People Photos |
 Canada Dot Com
We're even more obese, stats say
| OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says obesity rates are underestimated because Canadians are over-reporting their height and under-reporting their weight. | Since the mid-19... (photo: WN)
Disease Fitness Health Photos Society |
 The Boston Globe
Indonesia to provide bird flu data online
| JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia's health minister said Thursday she would start sharing all genetic information about her country's bird flu virus with a new global ... (photo: AP / Firdia Lisnawati)
Bird Flu Disease Health Indonesia Photos |
 Canada Dot Com
I'm not fat, I'm just short for my weight
| OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says obesity rates are underestimated because Canadians are over-reporting their height and under-reporting their weight. | Since the mid 199... (photo: GFDL / Boochan)
Canada Fitness Health Obesity Photos |
 The Miami Herald
It all adds up in your coffee cup
| We love our coffee. The days we don't take it black, we'll put just a teeny bit of creamer into the cup. Pretty color, yummy taste. What could be wrong with that? | Ple... (photo: WN / Julie Adnan)
Coffee Diet Health Nutrition Photos |
