Public Health

Public Health receives grants to fight obesity, tobacco use

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Public Health - Seattle…    

Stimulus money to help build healthier Hub

Boston has received $12.5 million in federal stimulus funding for a sweeping new effort to combat obesity and reduce smoking, Mayor Thomas M. Menino…    

Omaha Gets Money to Fight Childhood Obesity

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to combat the obesity problem by distributing over 372 million dollars in grants. Some…    

US child obesity problem worse than thought

Extreme obesity among American children is much worse than previously believed, putting them at greater risk of serious health problems as they age,…    

U.S. FDA restricts tobacco marketing to kids

U.S. health officials on Thursday sought to clamp down on the marketing of cigarettes to children and teenagers, issuing national limits on vending machine…    

Obesity Boot Camps Not the Answer; but Gym Class Is.

Obesity boot camps are not the answer to the nation’s waistline problem, says Deborah J. Wray, associate professor in the department of kinesiology…    

Obesity challenge begins

The national campaign to reduce the childhood obesity rate that’s tripled in size during the past 30 years has inspired a local challenge…    

Is School Lunch Contributing To Childhood Obesity?

As Michelle Obama took to the pages of Newsweek to explain her crusade against childhood obesity and to introduce her Let’s Move program to…    

First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity

Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more…    

Geisinger Obesity Expert to Address Nation’s Lt. Governors

Director of Geisinger’s Obesity Institute Christopher D. Still, D.O., will address the Federal-State Relations Meeting of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) in Washington,…    

E-prescriptions cut medication errors: study

Doctors who trade in their prescription pads for electronic prescribing systems may be able to significantly cut down on medication errors, a small…    

New Jersey Woman Wants to Weigh 1,000 Pounds

Simpson, of Old Bridge, N.J., is 42 years old, has two kids and a boyfriend, and she weighs 602 pounds. That’s right ... 602…    

Michelle Obama Takes Anti-Obesity Drive to Food Makers

First lady Michelle Obama will test the limits of her bully pulpit Tuesday when she tells the Grocery Manufacturers Association about voluntary moves the…    

US House Democrat says still short on health votes

White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs…    

County among fittest in U.S.

You want the skinny on San Luis Obispo? Just look around.

San Luis Obispo County is the fifth “slimmest” — or fifth…    

Rising Obesity Rate Generates Government Action

The Obama Administration recently announced the creation of a task force on child obesity. And Missouri is looking for ways to guard the waistline…    

SKMC holds Public Lecture about Obesity on 16 March 2010

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic holds a public lecture on Obesity under the title of “Walking Away from Obesity”…    

Obesity and climate top agenda

A letter signed by more than 350 Australian health scientists has today been sent to the Medical Journal of Australia, urging Australian politicians and…    

Center Aims to Cut Obesity in Black, Latino New Yorkers

A $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of ORBIT: Obesity Related Behavioral Intervention Trials…    

Analysis: U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle

One way to achieve bipartisanship in Washington may be to tackle an issue everyone can agree on - the childhood obesity epidemic.

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Pelosi faces biggest test on U.S. healthcare vote

The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - a persuasive arm-twister and deal maker - faces her toughest challenge yet in the coming…    

Black and Hispanic patients with heart failure less likely to use hospice

Black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure appear less likely to receive hospice care than white patients with the same condition, according to…    

Immigrants with disabilities more frequently employed than US-born persons with disabilities

Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment…    

Obesity rates put pressure on provinces to fund surgery

After having four children and putting on a lot of middle-age weight, Tracey Wurch tried to work off the excess pounds but couldn’t seem…    

Marketing isn’t enough to combat childhood obesity

First lady Michelle Obama is taking on a tough but crucial challenge with her new national campaign, “Let’s Move,” to combat childhood obesity. Just…