Michelle Obama Talks Obesity With Jon Meacham
Newsweek - Fri Mar 19, 10:19 pm ETThe first lady on what it takes to battle obesity.
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Fat fight: Cook County gets $16 million to battle obesity
SouthtownStar - 2 hours 10 minutes agoWe are too fat. And Cook County wants to help us lose weight. The county Friday was awarded a two-year, $16 million federal grant for obesity prevention. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, said Dr. Stephen Martin Jr., chief operating officer of the county public health department. It will be used for programs in suburban Cook County that aim to fight obesity ...
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Bill Clinton Discusses His War Against Obesity
Newsweek - Fri Mar 19, 6:34 pm ETThe former president on obesity at home and abroad.
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U.S. obesity fight comes to county
Marshfield News Herald - 2 hours 24 minutes agoWood County will use a $2.3 million federal stimulus grant to fight obesity with a range of tactics aimed at getting residents to be more active and to eat right.
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Stimulus award brings U.S. obesity fight to Wood County
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - 2 hours 14 minutes agoWood County will use a $2.3 million federal stimulus grant to fight obesity with a range of tactics aimed at motivating residents to be more active and to eat right.
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Boston receives $12.5M to combat obesity, smoking
Boston Globe - Fri Mar 19, 3:35 pm ETBy Globe Staff Boston has received $12.5 million in federal stimulus funding for a sweeping new effort to combat obesity and reduce smoking, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said today. Menino said the money, which would be spent over a...
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County wins $32M in stimulus grants to fight obesity and smoking
Daily Breeze - Sat Mar 20, 12:19 am ETLos Angeles County won two stimulus grants Friday worth $32 million to fight obesity and smoking, the largest sum ever dedicated to these public health problems, officials said.
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DHHR to get $4.5 million for anti-obesity program
The Charleston Gazette - Fri Mar 19, 7:58 pm ETWASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., announced Friday that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will receive $4.5 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to support efforts to reduce obesity, inc...
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La Crosse Gets Money to Fight Obesity
WKBT La Crosse - Fri Mar 19, 6:52 pm ETThe state of Wisconsin is getting nearly $6 million in stimulus money to help cut down on obesity in children and adults
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King County gets $25M to fight obesity and tobacco use
Seattle Times - Fri Mar 19, 2:23 pm ETThe King County Health Department has won a $25.5 million grant to address obesity and tobacco use.
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U.S. child obesity problem worse than thought
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Mar 18, 6:01 pm ETExtreme obesity among American children is much worse than previously believed, putting them at greater risk of serious health problems as they age, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Wood County Gets Money for Obesity Prevention
WSAW Wausau - Fri Mar 19, 10:53 pm ETNearly $6 million dollars in federal stimulus money will be given to Wood and La Crosse Counties for obesity prevention.
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$6 million to help reduce obesity in La Crosse and Wood counties
WEAU Eau Claire - Fri Mar 19, 5:17 pm ETWisconsin will get almost $6 million to help reduce obesity in La Crosse and Wood counties.
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Pima County receives grant to help fight obesity
KVOA Tucson - Fri Mar 19, 4:27 pm ETTUCSON - The Pima County Health Department is getting some help fight obesity. They have been awarded over $15 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Public Health receives grants to fight obesity, tobacco use
Kirkland Reporter - Fri Mar 19, 8:20 pm ETThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Public Health - Seattle & King County has been awarded two highly-competitive federal stimulus grants totaling $25.5 million dollars over two years to address obesity and tobacco use, two of the leading contributors to premature illness, death and health care costs in the ...
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Extreme obesity affecting more children at younger ages
Science Daily - Fri Mar 19, 10:07 am ETExtreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a study of 710,949 children and teens.
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