STUDY: IMMIGRANTS FACE GROWING RISK OF OBESITY LIKELIHOOD GOES UP THE...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 19, 2004 ;     634 words ......they arrived in the United States, they've found exercising...action about the obesity epidemic, government officials...globe. Here in the United States, new immigrants have...those born in the United States. Later generations...

EU/UNITED STATES : EURO-AMERICAN PLATFORM LAUNCHED TO TACKLE OBESITY.

Europe Environment;  May 24, 2006 ;     589 words ...The EU and the United States launched a joint discussion...aimed at combating the obesity epidemic. This first meeting between...proportions are comparable in the United States (60 million and 130 million...children are obese. In the United States, the proportion of ...

Reinsurers warn of danger posed by obesity epidemic.(Briefing: Highlights...

Best's Review;  November 1, 2007 ;     171 words ......a major threat to healthcare systems, not just in the United States but also across Europe and Asia, warn two major reinsurers...nutritional problems stem from unbalanced diets. While the obesity epidemic has been getting lots of headlines in the United States, the latest figures ...

'Obesity epidemic' in the US.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 25, 2004 ;     73 words ...AN obesity epidemic in the United States threatens to wipe out other improvements in children's health and safety over the past three decades, a report says. Childhood...

CDC: Obesity epidemic increases dramatically in US - - - CDC director...

M2 Presswire;  October 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ......October 1999-CDC: Obesity epidemic increases dramatically in the United States -- CDC director...261099 A growing obesity epidemic is threatening...Americans in the United States, according to...findings, the obesity epidemic spread rapidly...groups in the ...

Public Health Response to the Obesity Epidemic: Too Soon or Too Late?1

The Journal of Nutrition;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......lost. The ongoing obesity epidemic presents exactly...of obesity in the United States. In this article...interventions for the obesity epidemic, there are some reasonable...obesity epidemic in the United States over the past 20...interventions to ...

Detailed Report Urges Expanded Role for Law to Combat Obesity Epidemic.

AScribe Health News Service;  September 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......legal approaches to the obesity epidemic has concluded that...obesity both in the United States and globally. The report...Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic at Northeastern University...on the scope of the obesity epidemic in the United ...

Food fight Health advocate sounds earnest alarm about America's...

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......manifesto on the "obesity epidemic" and the "toxic food environment" in the United States may leave you guilt-ridd...their parents." The United States also is spreading...care costs in the United States. His characterization...

The 'obesity epidemic'.(LETTERS)

The Washington Times;  August 18, 2006 ;     245 words ......all this bickering only diverts attention from our nation's obesity epidemic. Make no mistake, it is an epidemic. About 16 percent of all children and teens in the United States are overweight, and 65 percent of adults age 20 and older are...

US obesity epidemic.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 11, 2004 ;     67 words ......By contrast, smoking accounted for 435,000 deaths in the same year. Two-thirds of adults and nine million children in the United States are now either overweight or obese. US health secretary Tommy Thompson said yesterday: 'We're just too fat.'

APHA Passes New Policies on Opposing War in Iraq, Opposing Abstinence ;...

U.S. Newswire;  November 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......forces from Iraq to meet public health needs in the United States and in developing countries. Oppose abstinence-only...scientifically proven methods. Reverse the nation's obesity epidemic: APHA supports the immediate mobilization of governmental...private agencies to coordinate actions to reverse ...

World: United States.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 14, 2001 ;     55 words ...AMERICA'S obesity epidemic has got so bad it soon may overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths, the Surgeon General warned yesterday. He...

SEN. HARKIN COMMENTS ON 'FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TELEVISION FOOD ADVERTISING TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 28, 2007 ;     429 words ......Food Advertising to Children in the United States. The study is the largest and most...types of TV shows. The 'childhood obesity epidemic' isn't just a catch phrase; it's a...leader in federal efforts to combat the obesity epidemic by promoting wellness and healthy...

EU/UNITED STATES : EURO-AMERICAN PLATFORM LAUNCHED TO TACKLE...

Europe Agri;  May 19, 2006 ;     594 words ...The EU and the United States launched a joint discussion...aimed at combating the obesity epidemic. This first meeting between...proportions are comparable in the United States (60 million and 130 million...children are obese. In the United States, the proportion of ...

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Supports Study That...

PR Newswire;  October 7, 1999 ;     583 words ......health problems in the United States. Dr. Dickey agreed that...midst of a serious, growing obesity epidemic, not only in the United States but throughout the world...Dickey stated. In the United States, approximately 300,000...members throughout the United ...