Childhood Obesity

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CNN Money - Weight-loss surgery is not a quick fix for obesity as CNN’s Judy Fortin reports in this Health Minute. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb and Wyeth on Thursday issued weak profit outlooks for 2008, even as both posted a surge Child Obesity News

International Herald Tribune - BRUSSELS, Belgium : The European Commission on Wednesday proposed simplified food labeling rules highlighting fat, sugar and salt contents in an attempt to contain the spread of obesity and unhealthy eating habits in the 27-nation EU. “Food labels Child Obesity News

World Economic Forum - The project seeks to address the imbalances of obesity and lifestyle-related diseases in developed countries, as well as hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Every time someone eats a healthy meal at cooperating company cafeterias in Child Obesity News

MSN MoneyCentral - The Company anticipates filing two additional NDAs with the FDA in 2008 for MK-0524B, extended-release niacin with laropiprant combined with simvastatin, and MK-0364, taranabant, an investigational medication for the treatment of obesity. In Child Obesity News

Minnesota Public Radio - St. Paul, Minn. — If the state’s obesity rate continues to rise at current levels a new report predicts that Minnesotans will pay an addition $3.7 billion a year in health care costs by 2020. The study was issued by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Child Obesity News

Guardian Unlimited - Given that they have also cut the number of teacher training places for PE teachers, it is hardly surprising that obesity rates are spiralling.” He added: “Last year we had the farce of the prime minister offering an extra £20m each year to deliver Child Obesity News

NPR News - Plus he expects that the nation’s obesity epidemic is going to drive up health costs. And in travelling around the country he’s seen marketplace changes that worry him. “What we’ve seen is that the hospitals and physicians have identified which Child Obesity News

Times of India - Obesity remains a big factor. Obese women tend to have larger breasts, thereby becoming more prone to diabetes,” he said. From these findings, he said, it will be interesting to study how breast fat influences insulin resistance. Ray emphasized Child Obesity News

Madeleine: Information Or Entertainment?
Sky.com - the couple had left their three children alone in the holiday apartment night after night, they fell into two categories; those who could empathise, who’d perhaps done the same thing themselves and realised how easily it could have been their child
Source: news.sky.com

Kilpatrick apologizes to Detroit, but says: ‘I would never quit on you
Detroit Free Press - See today’s school closings: Before you start your morning, go to freep.com/schoolclosings and check the status of your child’s school.
Source: www.freep.com

Gujarat’s gay prince to adopt child soon
Times of India - The gay prince, who wants to ensure the lineage does not end with him just because he can’t have children, wants to adopt a child and make him the royal heir (TOI Photo) BHARUCH: Gujarat’s gay prince of Rajpipla, Manavendrasinh Gohil, who was
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

‘Nurse blunder’ led to abortion at 22 weeks
Daily Telegraph - Doctors believed the woman was 16 weeks pregnant but the child was born alive with a heartbeat and died shortly afterwards. A post-mortem examination showed the baby was 22 weeks old and died of extreme prematurity. The woman was four weeks pregnant
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Madeleine’s Parents ‘Not Suspects’
Guardian Unlimited - British police and child protection officers do not suspect Madeleine McCann’s parents of involvement in her disappearance, the couple’s spokesman has said. Clarence Mitchell said officials had assured him in private briefings that they were treating
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gujarat’s gay prince to adopt child soon
Times of India - BHARUCH: Gujarat’s gay prince of Rajpipla, Manavendrasinh Gohil, who was disinherited by the family for going public about being gay but later taken back into the fold, now wants to carry on the royal bloodline, in a manner of speaking. The gay
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Who’s Blogging
Washington Post - Individuals would receive $500 — for couples, it would be $1,000 — plus $300 per child. Workers who can show $3,000 in earned income last year — or seniors who had $3,000 in Social Security benefits — would also qualify, even if they earned too
Source: www.washingtonpost.com