Japanese officials bare bellies online to fight obesity
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Two middle-aged Japanese bureaucrats showed their bulging bellies to the nation as they kicked off a diet blog as part of a national campaign to fight growing obesity.
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Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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Keep up with the latest in Wired words. Make sure you don't socially advertise your passive obesity.
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A vast online network is being used to promote social and environmental responsibility.
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Japanese police said on Tuesday they were investigating a suspected group suicide involving seven people who met through the Internet, the latest in a rash of suicides linked to the Web.
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Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America&#39;s youth.
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A tool is created that can circumvent government censorship of the web, researchers report.
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After referring to women as "baby-making machines," Japan's health minister could be going out with the bathwater
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Exercising is a problem for Tokyo gals. Manga club meetings and cram school fill up their free time, and there's no money for a gym membership after paying for cell phone bills and Pocky snacks.
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Rebels in a get-thin world are blogging away at the mainstream.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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With child obesity rates rising,  the U.S.'s biggest health maintenance organization on Tuesday  launched an online video game to teach kids what to eat -- and  then shut down after 20 minutes.
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New Jersey's health department is escalating the battle against the bulge by starting a new Office of Nutrition and Fitness to better coordinate programs to prevent obesity.
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NEW YORK  - An at-home, unsupervised exercise program can improve fitness and well being, Japanese researchers report.
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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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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of south and east Asia, a global snapshot shows.
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry's Web site was slowed Tuesday, apparently by a massive number of attempts to access it, an official said.