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8/27/2008

Extra Pounds May Mean Higher Insurance Costs

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8/26/2008

Television's Plus-Size Sideshow

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8/25/2008

Universities Push Cafeteria Trays into Retirement

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8/24/2008

MSG Use Linked to Obesity

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8/22/2008

Food Prices to Post Biggest Rise Since 1990

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8/21/2008

Obesity Rates Up in 37 States

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Gene Tags 'Fuel Obesity Epidemic'

Researchers believe that one’s genetic composition is an important contributor to obesity. The fetal environment in which a baby grows has the capacity to “silence” certain genes and therefore prevent successive generations of obesity.

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