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7/21/2008

CDC Report Shows No Signs of Obesity Slowing

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7/20/2008

NYC Chain Restaurants Posting Calories on Menus

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7/19/2008

Gene Tags 'Fuel Obesity Epidemic'

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7/18/2008

Dessert Makers Bet on Sweet Taste of Success

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7/18/2008

Teenagers Abandon Exercise at Dramatic Rate

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7/18/2008

School Bans Packed Lunches to Fight Obesity

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Researchers Examine Link between Obesity and Climate Change

In a letter in the medical journal the Lancet, British researchers claim that growing rates of obesity contribute significantly to greater oil consumption, more food production and higher release of greenhouse gases. Many nutrition and obesity experts criticized the Lancet letter for its rationale flaws and expressed the need not to blame obese individuals for environmental decline.

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