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Partnership involves kids in fighting obesity in young

The Tennessean - Sun Nov 22, 3:25 am ET

Obesity is tipping the scales as one of Tennessee's biggest problems.

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Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:15 am ET
A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.
Diabetes and obesity rates up, CDC reports
The Record Searchlight - Fri Nov 20, 2:04 am ET
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday show an increase in diabetes and obesity rates across the nation - and counties in the north state are no exception.The 2007 age-adjusted rate of adults ages 20 and older living with diabetes in Shasta County is 7.2 percent, up from 6 percent in 2004. The county's rate is lower than the state's, which has increased ...
Survey shows southern counties have highest obesity rates
The Daily Reveille - Fri Nov 20, 12:04 am ET
ATLANTA (AP) — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the A...
Is Obesity a National Security Problem?
GOOD - Sat Nov 21, 12:35 pm ET
To defend our way of life abroad we may need to reconsider how much junk food it involves at home. It's not every day that former generals and admirals speak out about children's health and education. But last Thursday was one of those days. According to Mission: Readiness, a nonprofit, bipartisan organization led by retired senior military leaders, 75 percent of 17 to 24 year olds cannot ...
Obesity report has sobering estimates for Illinois and nation
WGN TV Chicago - Thu Nov 19, 7:34 pm ET
A new report has some sobering estimates today on the ever growing problem of obesity, and how serious it will be nine years from now.
Obesity report: How Central New York counties rank
The Post-Standard - Thu Nov 19, 6:02 pm ET
You can check out all the rates, county-by-county, across the nation here More than one of four Central New Yorkers are obese, according to a federal report released Thursday that gives the first county-level estimates of obesity.
CDC Releases Obesity & Diabetes Numbers For AR
KNWA Fayetteville - Thu Nov 19, 10:29 pm ET
New numbers are out for obesity and diabetes cases in Arkansas, and they don't look good.
Fresno talks target health issues
The Fresno Bee - Sun Nov 22, 1:46 am ET
Hundreds gathered Saturday in a downtown Fresno school to talk about how to reduce childhood obesity, cut youth violence, boost school attendance and promote health in some of the city's most troubled neighborhoods.
Obesity Rates Highest In Central, South Ga.
Georgia Public Broadcasting - Thu Nov 19, 4:39 pm ET
A first-of-its-lind county-by-county look at national obesity rates finds a wide swath of Georgia with obesity rates exceeding 30%. The study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first to give county-level snapshots of obesity across the country. It finds, the Southeast, Appalachia and tribal lands in the West have the nation's highest obesity rates. In Georgia, huge ...
Gov't survey shows Southeast and Appalachia have highest obesity rates
WTOC 11 Savannah - Thu Nov 19, 1:36 pm ET
The government's first obesity survey conducted on a county level is confirming past studies that show the rates are highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Event to support Healthy Kidz programs through Funding the Future Campaign
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - Sun Nov 22, 1:42 am ET
MATTOON — By celebrating the beginning of the holiday season with Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Festival of Trees, community members can help provide much needed dental care to kids in need, support programs aimed at reducing childhood obesity, and help make physical changes in the health center.
Illinois Obesity Rates Keep Climbing
CBS4 Quad Cities - Thu Nov 19, 2:32 pm ET
A new obesity report has some sobering estimates for Illinois and the rest of the nation. If current trends continue, about 43 percent of adults in Illinois and nationwide will be obese by 2018. That's up from about 31 percent last year.
New coalition gets behind Ohio bill to reduce obesity
The Toledo Blade - Thu Nov 19, 6:17 am ET
By JIM SIEGEL COLUMBUS DISPATCH COLUMBUS — Ohio’s children are fat and getting fatter. The problem has reached such alarming proportions that a new, powerful coalition of businesses and health-care advocates is pushing for statewide standards designed to make Ohio students healthier. A study by the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease found that Ohio’s obesity rates could eclipse 50 percent by ...
Report projects soaring obesity by 2018 in Illinois
WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago - Thu Nov 19, 9:51 am ET
CHICAGO (AP) -- A new obesity report has some sobering estimates for Illinois and the rest of the nation.
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San Antonio Express-News - Sat Nov 21, 7:22 pm ET
More than 160 trained volunteers help schools comply with state law requiring annual assessments of fitness and obesity.