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		<title><![CDATA[Wyeth Ventures Into Obesity Drug Graveyard]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000528/wyeth-ventures-into-obesity-drug-graveyard/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wyeth will pay $120 million to Thiakis to obtain its anti-obesity drug candidate, TKS1225. In doing so, Wyeth has taken its first, expensive step into a disease category that many drug companies have entered, and all have failed. Obesity is a classic graveyard of failed drug brands. There's a good...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:00:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tennessee Department of Health initiatives working to improve overall health outcomes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5PXR/is_1_71/ai_n25020647]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Compared to other states, Tennessee currently ranks 46th for overall health outcomes--a poor showing and completely unacceptable to the state's public health leadership. Armed with strong evidence that better lifestyle and behavior choices are critical to improving this ranking, two statewide initiatives are taking aim at major contributors--our poor dietary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Champion Eli Manning Challenges Nation to Be Active]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200803/ai_n25309827]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: SPORTS EDITORS Contact: Melinda Cooke of National Press Club, +1-202-662-7516, mcooke@press.org; or Joey King of HHS, +1-202-690-5181, russell.king@hhs.gov  WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eli Manning, NFL Most Valuable Player 2008 and the quarterback of Super Bowl XLII Champions New York Giants, will address a National Press Club breakfast...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weight-Loss Surgery Can Cure Diabetes for the Obese]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bariatric Partners: New study reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that surgical weight loss can play a significant factor in controlling in Type 2 diabetes.  HOUSTON -- An estimated three in every four obese people suffering from diabetes can be cured of the disease with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The heavy, heavy burden of obesity: obesity increases the cost of workers' compensation claims and the risk of traumatic workplace injuries, new surveys show]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Summary  * Obesity claims in the United States are rising in number and in severity, according to a new study.  * Having a body mass index in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury, a separate study has found. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dieting behaviors of young women post-college graduation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_4_41/ai_n27484196]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity is a major public health epidemic in the United States. During the past decade, obesity has increased across all education levels, including college graduates. The purpose of this research was to study the health decisions that young women, post-college graduation make regarding their food intake. The subjects in this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Experts liken fight against fat to anti-smoking campaign]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS AFP &#8212; The fight against obesity can only be won if tackled with the same determination as the decades-old US campaign to end cigarette smoking, leading experts in America's battle of the bulge say.  "It took almost 40 years to start to change tobacco, and I think...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault.  If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pay obese to lose weight, Australian doctors urge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200709/ai_n19508118]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY AFP &#8212; Overweight people should be paid to attend weight-loss programmes to reduce the impact the growing obesity epidemic is having on the healthcare system, a group of Australian doctors said Wednesday.  Obesity has more than doubled in Australia in the last 20 years and is placing an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS' "TABLE FOR TWO" INITIATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY TARGETS HUNGER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND OBESITY IN DE]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200709/ai_n22709232]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With one billion people suffering from hunger and another billion suffering from obesity, the "Table for Two" initiative of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum aims to tackle both, at the same time. The initiative, launched todaWith one billion people suffering from hunger and another billion suffering...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHINA: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS' "TABLE FOR TWO" INITIATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY TARGETS HUNGER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND OBESITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.(Company overview)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200709/ai_n25738060]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With one billion people suffering from hunger and another billion  suffering from obesity, the "Table for Two" initiative of the  Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum aims to tackle both, at  the same time. The initiative, launched  With one billion people suffering from hunger...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HEALTH : INDUSTRY URGED TO DO MORE TO COMBAT OBESITY.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6637/is_200705/ai_n26519525]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and  Health, created by the European Commission, has been operating for two  years. Bringing together industry, NGOs and member state  representatives, its primary mission is to combat the progression of  obesity in the EU. "At a given...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Half of Spaniards overweight: ministerial study]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200704/ai_n19043943]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; More than half of the adult population of Spain and one in four youngsters are overweight or obese, according to a ministry of health study released Monday.  "Fifty two percent of the adult population and 27.6 percent of children are either overweight or obese," the ministry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HEALTH : AGRI-BUSINESS INDUSTRY URGED TO DO MORE TO COMBAT OBESITY.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200704/ai_n25948317]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and  Health, created by the European Commission, has been operating for two  years. Bringing together industry, NGOs and member state  representatives, its primary mission is to combat the progression of  obesity in the EU. "At a given...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Childhood obesity: Breast is not necessarily best]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200704/ai_n19023781]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Long-term research into obesity suggests that being breastfed as a child does not help prevent obesity later in life, a finding that contradicts guidelines in the United States and elsewhere.  Investigators in the United States looked at the health of 35,000 nurses working in the US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medica Supports Minnesota Partnership]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_18/ai_n27205998]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Awards $5 Million for Cancer, Heart Research  MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Medica, through its grant-making arm the Medica Foundation, has awarded $5 million to the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics to support three research projects in cancer and heart disease, as well as two projects to provide critical...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obesity doubles in Sweden in 25 years]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200703/ai_n18657881]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM AFP &#8212; The number of obese people in Sweden has doubled in the past 25 years, with one in 10 Swedes now considered largely overweight, a Statistics Sweden study showed.  Obesity is now as common among women as men, according to the report, which was published on Tuesday...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japanese officials bare bellies online to fight obesity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200612/ai_n16940180]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Two middle-aged Japanese bureaucrats showed their bulging bellies to the nation as they kicked off a diet blog as part of a national campaign to fight growing obesity. Vice Health, Labor and Welfare Ministers Noritoshi Ishida and Keizo Takemi were both pictured on their blog lifting up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obesity the cost of prosperity, multi-level action required]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LVZ/is_4_22/ai_n27085807]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity is the cost of economic prosperity, McMaster University Professor Sonia Anand offers in a comment article, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Oct. 24, 2006 issue. She says action at all levels of government is required to deal with the issue.  Responding to a report by TH Jafar and associates...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AGRI-FOOD : MCDONALD'S AND COCA-COLA PRAISED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGHT OBESITY.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200611/ai_n25948103]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine November saw something of a paradox at the European  Commission. The champions of the agri-food and soft drinks industries,  including McDonald's, Unilever, Kraft, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-cola  were there to highlight their actions in fighting obesity.  Nine November saw something of a paradox at the European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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