PE shake-up plan in obesity fight
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PE lessons in England are to be reviewed to encourage teenagers to exercise and avoid becoming obese.
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Schools, food makers, government agencies and families themselves must work together to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity, a panel of scientists said Thursday.
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NICE recommends a raft of measures, including surgery, to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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Leading physicians call for more sports medicines specialists to help UK athletes and to help tackle obesity.
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Physical activity can offset some of the harmful health consequences of being overweight but cannot fully erase them, according to the biggest study to examine the relative benefits of being fit  vs. fat.
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Many of you might have already made resolutions to go on a diet, eat less fatty food, do exercise, reduce that bulge etc etc etc. I know even you have.
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In the wake of two reports, the government is proposing a host of measures, including sending letters to parents of obese schoolchildren.
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In the battle to lose weight and reduce the risk of heart disease, many people are overlooking something even more important-- staying fit.
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A promise to introduce a single, simple food labelling scheme this year, ending the contradictory and confusing systems, will form the centrepiece of the government's anti-obesity drive today.
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Washington -- Physical activity can offset some of the harmful health consequences of being overweight but cannot fully erase them, according to the biggest study to examine the relative benefits of being fit versus fat.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Insurance companies should fund programs to help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling to try to curb increasing health costs related to obesity, a doctor said.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...
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West Virginia, which has the  worst childhood obesity problem in the United States, is  stepping up plans to use Konami Corp.'s  "Dance Dance  Revolution" to battle the bulge in its schools.
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it was launching a systematic campaign to fight obesity, which now affects close to two-thirds of the U.S. population and threatens to overtake smoking as the leading cause of death.
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A wide-ranging effort involving parents, schools, communities and government is needed to turn the tide of childhood obesity, the Institute of Medicine said Thursday.
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LONDON -- European health ministers from 53 countries approved the world's first charter to fight obesity on Thursday, vowing greater action against the epidemic of expanding waistlines across the continent.