Monday, September 10, 2007

Overweight news 10/09/2007

Bathing Suit Season: Online Diets to the Rescue
Obesity and remaining overweight is the second-leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to government statistics. Obesity causes over 280000-325000 deaths in the nation per year. More than half of all adults in the US are ...

Ark. Obesity Report Cards Scaled Back (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Teenager Jeffery Trimble used to wolf down as many as six cheeseburgers in a day and wasn't worried about being overweight. But then his school sent home an obesity report card.

Three children go into care because they are too fat
The issue was first highlighted this year when Cumbria Council revealed it had taken an eight-year-old girl from her parents because she was overweight. ...

BROKERWATCH Petroplus initiated as 'overweight', 125 sfr target by JP Morgan (Sharewatch)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - JP Morgan has initiated Petroplus Holdings AG as 'overweight' with a 125 sfr price target, with the broker seeing potential for the company to make further acquisitions, according to traders.

FDA considers additional food labels (AP via Yahoo! News)
If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shoppers to see their way to more healthy choices while scanning food labels.

 
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