Poor states among the fattest, survey finds
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Louisiana, Mississippi and West   Virginia have the highest percentages of obese residents, while   Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii and Vermont have the lowest, the   government reported on Thursday.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Aug 27 (IPS) - Government reforms and cuts in social benefits have  been blamed for fuelling poverty in Slovakia after an EU study  showed more than a fifth of Slovaks living in poverty.
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A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of remote controls and double cheeseburgers - for more than 10 years.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. &#151; West Virginia is taking drastic steps to shed its status as the third-heaviest state in the nation. More than 1,200 of the state's heaviest public employees have lost 14,000 pounds under one program. And obese Medicaid recipients will soon get to join Weight Watchers for free.
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Africa, a continent usually synonymous with hunger, is falling prey to obesity. It's a trend driven by new lifestyles and old beliefs that big is beautiful. Ask Nodo Njobo, a plump hairdressing assistant. She is coy about her weight, but like many African women, proud of her "big bum." She says she'd like to be slimmer, but worries how her friends would react.
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An obesity survey shows the South Pacific is the world's most overweight region, with Nauru the fattest nation.
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Poor and often illiterate populations may be saddled with more health problems simply because they are not aware of public health services that are available, a study in India suggests.
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LONDON: Civil servants with a low pay scale have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as compared to their high-paid counterparts, a study has revealed.
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BERLIN, Feb. 14 -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a U.N. survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed subjects from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning
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In most of western Europe, easily more than half the adults are overweight, and in the United States two-thirds are fat. Why, then, are some able to stay thin in such an environment? The answer is complex and not the same for everyone.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - It may be known as the land  of slender supermodels, champion soccer players and itsy-bitsy  bikinis, but Brazil is increasingly fattening up like the  United States.
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Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday.
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The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million people in the 10 years to 2002. China&#39;s first comprehensive national survey on diet, nutrition and diseases found that seven per cent of Chinese adults
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Maryland and the District rank in the lowest one-third of American states in their level of preparedness for health emergencies like bioterrorism or pandemic flu, according to a study issued today.
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A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers â-or more than 10 years.