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SPRINGFIELD - Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced the appointment of an 18-member leadership council Friday to promote wellness and combat obesity. The Mass in Motion-Springfield Wellness Leadership Council was announced during a press conference at Springfield College.
It’s a new tool for trainers to encourage children, parents
A new report based on research by the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease found that in Ohio and nationally, the cost of obesity is growing to tremendous proportions. Among the
Legislation introduced in the Ohio House and Senate could makes schools a key battleground in the fight against childhood obesity.
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 Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report from the CDC includes the first county-by-county survey of obesity nationwide, and it found that South Carolina has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.
SALT LAKE CITY----RemedyMD , the leading provider of disease registry software, today announced the first nationwide comprehensive obesity registry for bariatrics. The new registry was developed to help clinicians and researchers identify which interventions are most appropriate for specific patient populations.
ATLANTA - The first county-by-county survey of obesity says that Bell County ranks third in Texas in the rate of incidence of diabetes among adults. The survey also reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
There's a new goal in Springfield, to combat obesity and promote wellness.
As a graduate student in public health, I am concerned with the obesity epidemic in North Carolina.
Obesity begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in 5Ks, 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers.
America has made huge strides in treating cancer, smoking, and other critical illnesses, but obesity is reaching crisis proportions
A proposal to fight childhood obesity by requiring Ohio schools to offer healthier food and more time for exercise has picked up support from a wide variety of legislators and special interest groups. That's why it may finally have a good chance of becoming law this legislative session. Democratic State Senator Eric Kearney is one of the co-sponsors. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports.
A program at Children's Hospital is helping overweight kids avoid a life of obesity. Kids in the Healthworks program learn to exercise and eat right, in order to get their weight under control.
This January, 4,000 kids will run the last mile in P.F. Chang's marathon, as part of a program to get kids in shape and end obesity.
If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will eat up about 21% of health-care spending.
