TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Washington Post Examines National Weight-Loss Effort Targeting Black Community The Washington Post on Saturday examined the 50 Million Pound Challenge, which seeks to reduce obesity and encourage healthy lifestyles in the black community. medicalnewstoday.com |
£1.4m Programme To Tackle Child Obesity Launched, Wales First-ever national weight management programme in UK A new Welsh Assembly Government-funded programme designed to help overweight and obese children manage their weight and become fitter, healthier and happier will start being rolled out across Wales from today. The £1.4million scheme will target around 2,000 children aged between 7-13 years old and their families over the next three years. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obesity becoming U.S. civil rights issue for some (Reuters) Reuters - Kate Harding has spent most of her life on one diet or another, losing weight but always gaining it back. Determined to improve her quality of life, she joined a fast-growing group of anti-dieting activists promoting overweight people's civil rights. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Healthy Workers Could Get Bigger Insurance Breaks A health care reform proposal that would allow employers and insurers to give large discounts to employees who lose weight or lower their cholesterol is facing push back from several groups worried about premium disparities, Kaiser Health News reports. "The discounts are being pushed by Steve Burd, the chief executive officer of Safeway Inc. medicalnewstoday.com |
TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-Fat And High-Sugar Foods Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing questions about the role television plays in obesity, a study in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior examines how food advertising aimed at children might be a large contributor to the problem. medicalnewstoday.com |