30 percent of Cubans are overweight
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Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island &#151; so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro's health is improving because he is now eating, the ambassador to Cuba from ally Venezuela said on Thursday, without making clear when Castro had been unable to eat.
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A widely reported study  released earlier this year overstated the increase in obesity-related U.S. deaths by about 35,000, a the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in admitting the miscalculation.
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The ration book that determines most Cuban diets &#151; and that will briefly rule mine &#151; fits in my palm. Thick brown pages list amounts of foodstuffs to be checked, signed and stamped at "la bodega," the local government distribution center.
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Cuba put seven of its eight boxers into this weekend&#39;s Olympic boxing finals and has an opportunity to equal the seven boxing golds it won in the
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Cubans may not have McDonald's or Jack in the Box, but they do have pizza in a basket.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to growing evidence that an extract from Cuban sugar cane does not help lower cholesterol levels.
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A recent survey shows that the overweight and obesity rates of Chinese adults have reached 22.8 percent and 7.1 percent. It is estimated that the number of Chinese who suffer from overweight and obesity totals 200 million and 60 million respectively.
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Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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A majority of adults are obese or overweight in most European Union nations and kids increasingly contributing to make Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said Wednesday.
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"But I think a lot of people are on the borderline."  It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.Experts say the poor state of the average British diet _ often high in fat, salt and calories, but low on nutrition _ means malnutrition is a problem even though food is plentiful.'You can't always tell if a person is malnourished with your eyes,' said Dr. Marinos Elia, a professor of clinical nutrition and metabolism at Southampton University. 'People may be eating too much food, but they may not be eating enough fruits and vegetables.' Read more
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About 60 percent of adults in Beijing are overweight, and obesity, once the preserve of the West, is becoming more and more common among children, a city survey shows.
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Federal health officials said Tuesday they had overestimated in a high-profile study the number of Americans dying from being overweight.
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LONDON -- It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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If people keep gaining weight at the  current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of  U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers  predicted on Wednesday.
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Around the world 300 million adults are now overweight, and the numbers are growing at an alarming rate, say experts at the International Obesity Conference, Sun City, South Africa.
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A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way