Tag: obesity
Viewpoint: Turning the Tide on Childhood Obesity
August 12, 2013
by: Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services As the Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition…
Are you fatter than a fifth grader?
March 5, 2010
Press Release: Health department releases student obesity statistics PENSACOLA – The Escambia County Health Department today released student Body Mass Index data showing a 1%…
Obesity is contagious
July 26, 2007
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that people are most likely to become obese when a friend becomes obese. That increases a person’s chances…
$500M to fight fatties
April 5, 2007
From the NY TIMES: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation plans to spend more than $500 million over the next five years to reverse the increase…
