Obesity

US survey shows southern counties most obese
Yahoo! | 43 minutes ago
ATLANTA ? The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk
Yahoo! | 45 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.

We asked four policy makers to give us their thoughts on the four critical issues: health care, the economy and finance, energy and the environment, and an educated work force. Here are some highlights.
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Health Care Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services COST CONTAINMENT: I think everybody is focused on cost containment. And it's fair to say that you have to start with what happens if we do nothing.

NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Laying the Groundwork We asked four policy makers to give us their thoughts on the four critical issues: health care, the economy and finance, energy and the environment, and an educated work force. Here are some highlights.
Barron's (subscription required) | 1 hour 58 minutes ago
Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services COST CONTAINMENT: I think everybody is focused on cost containment. And it's fair to say that you have to start with what happens if we do nothing.

New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
EurekAlert! | 6 hours ago
Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, or white blood cells. By exploiting this mechanism, researchers have been able to powerfully suppress tumor formation in lab testing and in animal models.

What's a body to do?
Chicago Sun-Times | 7 hours 9 minutes ago
SUNDAY STEW | Sports can't avoid taking on these serious physical issues

Study: Media Responsible For Childhood Health, Safety Risks
Broadcasting & Cable | 9 hours 2 minutes ago
Review was undertaken with the backing of Common Sense and the National Institutes of Health

A sporting dilemma
Toronto Star, The | 12 hours 4 minutes ago
Toronto's failed blueprint to improve access to sports programs underlines the vexing problem cities have in funding services their people want

Pa. university students upset about fitness class
Yahoo! | 13 hours 48 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA ? A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Fat and fact: No pride attaches to being overweight or obese
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 18 hours 7 minutes ago
Heavy-set Americans are starting to throw their weight around in the health-care reform debate. If that sounds ridiculous, it's because it is. If the advocates for grossly overweight people have their way, this nation might as well collectively commit suicide one jelly doughnut at a time.

Check your waistline: Obesity raises red flag for employers | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), The | 18 hours 39 minutes ago
Perhaps you're working extra hard these days to hang onto your job, or if you're looking for work, you're using every avenue you know to find a job.

The lush life of James & Ruth
Guardian (London), The | 23 hours 5 minutes ago
What occurred when President Obama met 'Nessa', the first lady of Barry Island? Carole Cadwalladr gets the answer, and much more, from the creators of Gavin & Stacey as the well-loved series return for a third run

Chocolate milk: better than no milk?
Los Angeles Times | 1 day 2 hours 2 minutes ago
School administrators debate whether the vitamins are worth the added sugar. In Illinois, students organize to overturn a ban.

Rations for the irrational
Washington Post, The | 1 day 3 hours 6 minutes ago
It happens every year. It's not that you resolve to be virtuous on Thanksgiving, just reasonable.