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Michelle Obama to address NAACP annual convention - The Associated Press

June 30, 2010 - 1:41pm

Michelle Obama to address NAACP annual convention
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The NAACP says first lady Michelle Obama will talk about her campaign against childhood obesity when she addresses the organization's annual ...
Michelle Obama to Talk Obesity at NAACP ConventionColorLines magazine

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Profit from this Company's Booming Worldwide Customer Base - StreetAuthority

June 30, 2010 - 1:27pm

StreetAuthority

Profit from this Company's Booming Worldwide Customer Base
StreetAuthority
Nearly two-thirds of Americans currently battle obesity, and the demand for weight-loss products is growing. From 2009 to 2010, the global weight loss ...

The Higher Goals of Jordan Romero - Poder 360

June 30, 2010 - 9:54am

The Higher Goals of Jordan Romero
Poder 360
Childhood obesity is more prevalent among Hispanic children than in other ethnic groups. According to the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, ...

Part 3: What's Eating African-American Women? - The Root (blog)

June 30, 2010 - 7:08am

Part 3: What's Eating African-American Women?
The Root (blog)
The entire country is foundering under the weight of a national obesity crisis, but African-American and Hispanic kids are far more likely to be overweight ...

National briefs: Adult obesity still on the rise - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

June 30, 2010 - 12:20am

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

National briefs: Adult obesity still on the rise
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The numbers come from a new report, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future," from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson ...

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Fighting fat in Philadelphia schools - WHYY

June 29, 2010 - 1:27pm

WHYY

Fighting fat in Philadelphia schools
WHYY
For years, health researchers have been sounding the alarm about the rise in childhood obesity. Now a new study from researchers at Temple University ...

Plenty of SA kids suffer from obesity - San Antonio Express

June 29, 2010 - 1:03am

Plenty of SA kids suffer from obesity
San Antonio Express
It was published online today in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Researchers said there's not a lot of good data on how many children are at the extremes ...

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Demographics play role in bariatric surgery outcomes - The Money Times

June 26, 2010 - 8:44am

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Demographics play role in bariatric surgery outcomes
The Money Times
Findings of a new study suggest that Caucasian, Hispanic, and female patients contract the fewest complications after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. ...
Gastric bypass outcomes impacted by demographicsEndocrine Today
New Study Finds Women Face Fewer Complications After Gastric Bypass SurgeryNewswise (press release)

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