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8/18/2008

Sydney Principles Aim To Reduce Food Advertising to Children

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8/17/2008

Disney Will Close McDonald's Restaurants in Anaheim

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8/16/2008

Poor Coordination in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity

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8/15/2008

Obesity Compared to Terror Threat

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8/14/2008

Group Criticizes Billboards for Reinforcing Weight Bias

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8/14/2008

San Mateo County Adopts Restaurant Menu Label Law

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School Bans Packed Lunches to Fight Obesity

An elementary school in Liverpool, England is aiming to reduce childhood obesity by forbidding children to bring lunch from home. School children will instead have the option of going home for lunch, or of dining on a healthy school-provided lunch prepared in one of the largest kosher kitchens in the country.

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