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Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid. I was a pioneer of childhood obesity.
Experts to tackle complex childhood obesity 'epidemic' in Ontario
TORONTO - Reducing the "epidemic" of childhood obesity in Ontario by 20 per cent over the next five years is the goal of a new experts panel announced by the government Friday.
Ontario sets up panel of experts to tackle childhood obesity
Reducing the “epidemic” of childhood obesity in Ontario by 20 per cent over the next five years is the goal of a new experts panel announced by the government Friday.
Experts tackle Ontario's childhood obesity 'epidemic'
Reducing the "epidemic" of childhood obesity in Ontario by 20 per cent over the next five years is the goal of a new experts panel announced by the government Friday.
Ontario sets up panel to tackle childhood obesity
The Ontario government is setting up an expert panel to tackle childhood obesity.
Province aims to take a bite out of childhood obesity rates
Statistics suggest about three-quarters of obese children grow into obese adults, costing Ontario’s health-care system an estimated $4.5 billion in direct and indirect costs.
Amerigroup Florida Fights Childhood Obesity
MIAMI, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to fight childhood obesity in Miami-Dade County, Amerigroup Community Care of Florida teamed up with the Carrie Meek Foundation this past Saturday, May 5, ...
Obesity campaigns appear to have the cause wrong
By Gary Taubes, Newsweek Most of my favorite factoids about obesity are historical ones, and they don’t make it into the new, four-part HBO documentary on the subject, The Weight of the Nation. Absent, for instance, is the fact that the very first childhood-obesity clinic in the United States was founded in the late 1930s at [...]
HealthPlus is offering grants to organizations reducing childhood obesity
HealthPlus is encouraging charitable organizations seeking funding for programs or projects that aim to reduce or prevent childhood obesity to apply for the 2012 HealthPlus Rainmaker Grant.
Ontario government sets up panel of experts to tackle childhood obesity
TORONTO - The Ontario government is setting up an expert panel to tackle childhood obesity. The aim is to reduce the obesity rate by 20 per cent over five years.
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