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Small restaurants serving big calories, salt: studies
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite public health progress in cutting calories, as well as salt and fat from fast foods and supermarket products, neighborhood restaurants are still packing big helpings of each into their meals, a trio of studies suggests....Tags: National Institutes of Health, Internists, Food Industry, Internal Medicine, Salt
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Global life spans continue to lengthen, WHO says
Reuters* Life expectancy increases in most rich and poor countries * China, India see big gains; some African countries decline * No sign obesity limiting average life spans in rich world By Tom Miles GENEVA, May 15 (Reuters) - People are living longer...Tags: Africa, International Organizations, Genetic Engineering, United Nations, Health Organizations
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Regional Authority, Petroleum Industry, Food Industry, Parties and Movements, National Rifle Association of America
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Mud Run participation in Glen Helen goes for good cause
San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.Carlos Luna's heart pounds and his chest aches. His legs and arms burn from exertion. While this may seem like torture, Luna regularly submits himself to this pain all in the name of fun. Luna is a mudder: A person who participates in races which...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sex Crimes, Law Enforcement, Weight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Eating insects could help fight obesity, U.N. says
Reuters* Many insects have as much protein as meat, study says * Restaurants in Europe starting to put insects on menu * Insect consumption could help environment, experts say By Catherine Hornby ROME, May 13 (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Medical Procedures and Tests, Weight
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Medicare drug tab $2.55B for older and disabled Ohioans
The Dayton Daily NewsElderly and disabled Ohioans were charged nearly $2.6 billion in drug costs in 2010, most of it spent on prescriptions for medications to treat hypertension, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a report Monday from the independent...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Medicare, Overweight, Weight
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OPINION: Should we be telling others what to eat?
The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)Pearl Cantrell is 105, and she loves bacon. "I love bacon," she told reporters at her 105th birthday celebration this week. "I eat it every day." The central Texas woman has had a life of hard physical labor, and she bore seven children. But she still...Tags: Nikki Haley, Bacon, Weight, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Gov. Chris Christie's lap-band, a health need or political ploy
HealthNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is making headlines for his recent lap-band stomach surgery, which could help the overweight politician lose up to 100 pounds—if he changes his ways. The fact that his name features prominently on the news is good news... -
Students split on Prospect High's divided PE curriculum
It's known as the "lower" PE class, but some students at one northwest suburban high school simply call it "fat gym." Sophomore James Farquharson said his peers coined the term after Prospect High School adopted a new physical education curriculum...
Tags: Naperville Central High School, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, DePaul University, Teachers
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Posting calories: 'So yesterday' already?
At chain restaurants across the country, the ink is scarcely dry on new menus posting the calorie counts of food and beverage options. But already, public health experts are debating whether there might be better ways to influence Americans' nutritional...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lifestyle and Leisure, Local Government, Restaurants
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PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - May 9
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - Headlines Jailed Enron chief could see sentence shortened by 10 years () Dimon pledges to fix compliance problems () Coke acts to fend off obesity criticism () BAE sees 'modest growth' in wake of defence spending cuts ()...Tags: Coca-Cola, Saudi Arabia, David Cameron, Immigration, Coca-Cola Co.
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EDITORIAL: Christie's struggle and the country's
The Philadelphia InquirerBetween all our talk of the obesity epidemic as a public-health problem and our actual, often moralistic attitudes toward the overweight lies a distance much greater than any extra-large waistline. For evidence, look no further than this week's revelation...Tags: Regional Authority, The Philadelphia Inquirer, David Letterman, Overweight, Weight
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