Industry Groups Take  Action  Against Obesity
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The vending machine trade association and the Sugar Association are taking the offensive against claims that their products play a role in the nation's growing obesity problem.
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A new report by a national health advocacy group calls state and national policies ineffective tools in the war against obesity. The Trust for Americaâs Health, a nonprofit organization based in Washington
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Children are main focus of government's obesity strategy to pay overweight people to get slim
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To fight obesity, the government should boost health education and help shield kids from junk food. And corporate support is needed, too.
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A group of leading international obesity experts has called for a global ban on advertising junk food to children as part of a worldwide fight against fat.
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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen as more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight, the American Heart Association has reported.
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As nutritionists and health gurus worldwide ponder how to reverse growing global obesity, a rarefied handful of food designers believes &quot;green&quot; chocolate and bread that makes noises might be just the thing.
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A report on the causes and solutions for childhood obesity in the United States calls for a broad societal strategy, including healthier meals in schools and restaurants.
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As more Americans struggle with  growing waistlines, U.S. health officials on Wednesday set out  their own tips for drugmakers seeking to develop products for  people trying to shed pounds.
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As more Americans struggle with growing waistlines, U.S. health officials on Wednesday set out their own tips for drugmakers seeking to develop products for people trying to shed pounds.
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The European Union said Thursday it will bring the food and advertising industry together with health officials to contain the increasing problem of obesity in Europe, where one out of every four children is obese.
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The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those in the food industry who claim that the obesity is caused not by what you eat but how little exercise you take.
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NEW YORK  - Modifying the consumption of  different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up  over time, new research suggests.
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Oh, the irony. A nation full of overweight people is also full of label readers. Nearly 80 percent of Americans insist they check the labels on food at the grocery store.
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The global obesity epidemic is completely out of control, with more than 300 million overweight adults worldwide, according to specialists at the first international obesity conference in Africa.
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Eyeing a potential gold mine in the global obesity epidemic, the pharmaceutical industry has launched a massive drive to develop new diet pills and an intense campaign to persuade
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Obesity cannot be tackled by just encouraging healthier eating and more exercise, experts say.