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obesity
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Food deserts: Just one facet of an obesogenic world
It seems pretty far-fetched that bringing a supermarket to a disadvantaged neighborhood could, in a matter of months, turn back…
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Uncovering the real drivers of obesity in young people
It’s great that the rapid rise in youth obesity since the 1980s has started to level off. But there’s an…
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Gout incidence grows; new tip sheet offers coverage ideas
Gout is a devastating disease at any age, but can hit older adults especially hard. It is the most common…
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Health care quality study: Good news, bad news and in between
Health plans had poor results last year on reducing the use of antibiotics and on ensuring that chemically dependent patients…
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Does this state make my butt look big?
A study published this month in the journal Obesity reports that the largest percentage of obese people in the United…
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Government officials, researcher make case for policy influencing healthy behavior #ahcj13
Well-structured, comprehensive health policy can change behaviors according to panelists Susan Kansagra, Manish Sethi and Giridhar Mallya. They have been…
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Experts stress lifestyle changes as prevention, treatment for diabetes #ahcj13
Diabetes is prevalent in the United States, and the numbers continue to balloon. In a Health Journalism 2013 session focusing…
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…
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Battle against childhood obesity is complicated
Maureen O’Hagan and her colleagues at The Seattle Times have put together a sprawling package of stories on the fight…
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Obesity doctor calls journalists’ statistical knowledge into question
Yoni Freedhoff, M.D., founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, writes about two studies about obesity and questions whether journalists are…