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Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute After All
New York Times
Schools have banned cupcakes, issued obesity report cards and cleared space in cafeterias for salad bars. Just last month, Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity promised to get young people moving more and revamp school ...

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Immediate effects of health reform bill
msnbc.com
Obama administration officials and wonks call them "early deliverables." They're the benefits of the health legislation that would kick in this election year. The provisions, which could just as easily be called the ...
Democrats' courageous vote on health careBaltimore Sun (blog)
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First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity - Washington Post http://dlvr.it/FtwR 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 healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children. Link - Trackbacks
Fighting Childhood Obesity: Pepsi to remove full-calorie,sugary drinks from schools worldwide in the next 2 years http://bit.ly/c84POr Pepsi plans to remove full-calorie, sugary drinks from schools around the world in the next two years. Link - Trackbacks

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2009 file photo, Pepsi products are seen on the shelf at a grocery store in Danvers, Mass. Following the success of programs to remove sugary drinks from U.S. schools to cut down on childhood obesity, PepsiCo plans to expand the effort worldwide in the next two years. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)AP - PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity.



'I Understand the Challenges People Face Every Day'
Newsweek
Regina Benjamin, America's Surgeon General, discusses the difficulty of tackling childhood obesity—and the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. By Claudia Kalb | Newsweek Web Exclusive Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link. ...

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Gowalla Tops Foursquare at SXSW Web Awards (But Benson Smokes ‘em All) http://bit.ly/blQrzC AUSTIN, Texas -- Providing further proof that location-sharing services are currently all the rage, Gowalla picked up the award for best site in the Mobile Link - Trackbacks
I would love to hear your comments in the comment section! http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-educators-love-life-20-beta/ Linden Lab, the creators of the popular multi-user virtual environment, Second Life, have launched a shiny new viewer that promises to be more user friendly to Link - Trackbacks
AP - A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country.