NJ starting agency to battle obesity
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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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INDIANAPOLIS - A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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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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The UK's biggest public exercise on encouraging healthy eating is to be launched across Wales.
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Washington -- To fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, the nation must enlist virtually every aspect of society to reduce the amount of junk food children eat and get them exercising more, the National Academy of Sciences said Thursday.
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NICE has recommended a raft of measures to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
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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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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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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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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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counting carbs, watching kilos, and keeping an uneasy eye on the growing list of health problems linked with obesity. But it&#39;s not just the number
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The American Medical Association said on Wednesday it wants fast-food and chain restaurants to add nutritional information to menus and menu boards as part of an effort to combat obesity in the United States.
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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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School meals are to undergo a major government review in an attempt to tackle childhood obesity.
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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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West Virginia is hoping that a little wheel can make a big difference in the state's obesity problem.
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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.