Websites might be hit by curb on junk food adverts
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
The measures, which could be voluntary or compulsory depending on the response of the food industry, are part of a drive to cut soaring levels of child obesity. Latest figures show just under a third of children under 16 are overweight, and 17 per cent clinically obese.
2006-06-19
Television movies for the week of June 18.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA -
'05. Jennifer Connelly. Mysterious events trouble a mother and daughter after they move into a dilapidated New York apartment building. (PG-13) (1:45) STZ: Sun. 7:05 A.M., 5:05 P.M., Tue. 7:10 A.M., 9 P.M., Fri. 10:45 P.M., Fri./Early Sat. 5:50 A.M., Sat. 5:05 P.M. (CC)
2006-06-18
Bringing better health to kids and adults
Lompoc Record, CA -
Maybe not for much longer. The Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization has received a $364,000 grant from the California Endowment that, when added to the local organization's $100,000 contribution, and the $300,000 or so in donated time and money from various other local groups, will start programs to help Lompoc Valley kids become more physically fit.
2006-06-16
GN fights HTLV-1 by screening all pregnant women
Nunatsiaq News, Canada -
Nunavut’s health department outlines its plans to tackle one of the territory’s major infections, the HTLV-1 virus, in material posted on the web site of the 13th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, thousands of kilometres and a dozen time zones away, to Novosibirsk, Siberia, where doctors and public health workers from around the circumpolar world were meeting this week.
2006-06-15
Grand Jury: Schools Must Help Curb Student Obesity
CBS 5, CA -
For example, the grand jury reported that while healthier choices are available, students who do not participate in a rigid meal plan are allowed to pick preferred items among a wide selection that includes unhealthy foods and drinks, such as hamburgers, fried potatoes, cookies, potato chips, doughnuts and sodas. Furthermore, vending machines, which are prevalent at high schools but not elementary and middle schools, more often than not offer high-calorie snacks and drinks, like soda, candy bars and fried chips. The grand jury concludes that many students end up picking the unhealthy choices when available.
2006-06-14
Cancer Research: Children inherit taste for meat
Politics.co.uk, UK -
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2006-06-13
Arena Pharmaceuticals' Lorcaserin Hydrochloride Phase 2b Study
Yahoo! News (press release) -
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