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Fixing Obesity

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Dartmouth College, Drowning, Public Health, Obesity, Common Sense, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Health, Dr. David Katz, Food, Michael Moss, Obesity Crisis, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity America, Child Obesity, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

As a culture, we are drowning in calories of mostly very dubious quality, and drowning in an excess of labor-saving technology. I have compared obesity to drowning before, but want to dive more deeply today into the implications for fixing what ails us.

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When Travel Goes Bad: Death in Africa

Richard Bangs | Posted 05.08.2013 | Travel
Read More: Crocodiles, Peace Corp, Africa, Drowning, Wild Rivers, Whitewater, Safari, Death, Ethiopia, Sobek, Video, Travel News
Richard Bangs

While scouting for the first descent of the Baro River in Ethiopia, a tributary of the White Nile, I heard about a Peace Corps volunteer, Bill Olsen, 25, a recent graduate of Cornell, who decided to take a dip in the river at Gambella, a village near the South Sudan border.

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WATCH: Passengers Escape Flooded Bus

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.21.2013 | World
Read More: Istanbul, Car Accident, Accident, Turkey, Viral Videos, Bus Accident, Umraniye District, Traffic Accident, Flood, Drowning, Commuters, Fire Fighters, World News, Video, World News

The next time you complain about clogged public transportation, consider yourself lucky to be swimming in a sea of humanity and not a literal sea of w...

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A November 6 Challenge for Candidates: Are You Champions for Child Injury Prevention?

Kate Carr | Posted 10.26.2012 | Politics
Read More: Texting While Driving, Car Crash, Drowning, Child Safety, Crib Suffocation Risks, Safe Kids, Politics News
Kate Carr

We must challenge the candidates running on November 6 to pledge their support for common sense laws and policies that will save lives, and also, save tax dollars.

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Mom And Baby Drown Despite Father's Efforts, Leave Behind 5 Kids

Posted 08.15.2012 | Impact
Read More: Tragedy, Crystal Brown, Drowning, Chattahoochee River, Atlanta, Georgia, Slideexpand, Impact News

A 3-year-old boy is fighting for his life in Atlanta after a strong current swept his mother, 11-month-old brother, and him into the Chattahoochee Riv...

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Boy, 4, Dies After Saving 3-Year-Old Girl From Drowning

Posted 08.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Child Drowning, Video, Misty Vento, Boy Saves Girl From Drowning, Heroes, Drowning, How You Can Help, Cris Vento, Texas Boy Drowns, Xander Vento, Fort Worth Drowning, Slideexpand, Xander Vento Fund, Impact News

A 4-year-old Texas boy has died after sacrificing his life to save a little girl from drowning. When Xander Vento saw a 3-year-old girl struggling ...

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'Maybe I Went Too Far' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 07.27.2012 | Teen
Read More: Video, Swim, Mecklenberg Athletic Center, Make a Splash Initiative, Drowning, Olympic Swimming, Rescue, London Olympics, Dima Zaytsev, Drowning Teen, Swimmac, Cullen Jones, North Carolina, Teen News

Dima Zaytsev, a 17-year-old competitive swimmer, was putting in extra training hours at the North Carolina swim training center SwimMAC last week when...

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Heroic Act Cost This 9-Year-Old Her Life

Posted 11.20.2012 | Impact
Read More: Bear Creek, Child Drowning, Accidental Drowning, Brandi Odom Drowning, Brandi Odom, American-Hero, Drowning, Bear Creek Drowning, Bear Creek Pond, Impact News

The family of 9-year-old Brandi Odom is hailing her as a hero after she bravely saved her younger brother from drowning at Alabama's Bear Creek pond o...

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3 Boys Drown In Maryland Creek

AP | Posted 09.08.2012 | Green
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FEDERALSBURG, Md. (AP) — Authorities say three boys have drowned in a creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The boys were two 12-year-ol...

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Indian Man Dives To His Death When He See Money Floating In Lake

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 07.02.2012 | Crime
Read More: Dipankar Baruah, Weird India, Video, Silsako Beel, Drowning, Bad News, Floating Rupees, Jiban Baruah, Drowning Death Guwahati, Rupees, Crime News

A man has drowned in eastern India after jumping into a lake hoping to catch money floating on the surface. The man, who police say was in his ear...

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Drowning 25 Yards from Shore

Deborah Gaines | Posted 09.01.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Friendship, Suicide, Loss, Suicide Prevention, Drowning, Life, Financial Pressure, Reunion, Financial Trouble, Fifty News
Deborah Gaines

The last time I heard from him was an email busting my chops for not making it to reunion. I wrote back, "There's always next time," but, of course, there wasn't.

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U.S. Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing Millionaire

Reuters | Posted 08.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Drowning, Reuters, Yacht, Lost at Sea, Aguiar, Oil Company, Search Effort, US Coast Guard, Business News

(Adds details from Fort Lauderdale police) MIAMI, June 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for a Brazilian-born m...

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Hero 5-Year-Old Saves Another Child From Drowning

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 06.15.2012 | Good News
Read More: Swimming, Video, Summer, Drowning, Heros, Child-Hero-Stories, Kid-Hero, Swimming Pools, Child Hero, Good News News

While 5-year-old Tiana Evans was at a public pool with her mom in American Fork, Utah, earlier this week, she thought she saw a little girl trying to ...

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Teen Hero Saves HOW Many Lives?!

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 06.14.2012 | Teen
Read More: Corey Dauenhauer, Australia, Car Crash, Victoria, Police, Drowning, Teen Suicide Train Tracks, Sam Porter, Hudson River Plane Crash, Teen Heroes, Teen Hero, Melbourne, Saleh-Saleh, Teen News

Nineteen-year-old Sam Porter from Melbourne, Australia saved a life yesterday -- but it wasn't as shocking of an event as you might think. The teen, w...

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Minorities At Risk For Drowning

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 05.28.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Black Communities, Black, Video, Hispanics, Drown, Minority, Minorities at Risk, Drowning, Minorities, Latino Voices News

MIAMI -- Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach blac...

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The Problem With Our Approach To The Obesity Epidemic

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.19.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Cdc, Weight of the Nation, Eric Finkelstein, Drowning, Obesity, Physical Activity, Calories, Dieting, Exercise, Dr. David Katz, Weight Loss, Institute of Medicine, Turn the Tide Foundation, Rediclinic, Weigh Forward, Mindstream Academy, Childhood Obesity, Weight of the Nation HBO, Obesity in America, Obesity Children, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Fundamentally, we have converted a world in which calories were relatively scarce and hard to get and physical activity unavoidable into a world where physical activity is scarce and hard to get and calories are unavoidable.

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Kayaker Drowns After Swan Attack

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.16.2012 | Crime
Read More: Video, Anthony Hensley, Swan Attack Death, Drowning, Bad News, Swan Attack, Kayak Accident, Kayak Swan Attack, Amy Hensley, Man Drowns After Swan Attack, Crime News

Family and friends are trying to cope today with the death of an Illinois man who drowned Saturday after getting attacked by the swans he was employed...

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WATCH: Drowning Homeless Man Rescued By Good Samaritan

Posted 03.05.2012 | Good News
Read More: Rescue, Homeless Man Drowning Rescue, Good Samaritan, Drowning, Oregon, Drowning Rescue, Video, Good News News

A homeless man almost drowned Sunday while attempting to swim to a public dock on Oregon's Willamette River. Fortunately, the quick response of a good...

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Drowned Inmate's Family Sues Puerto Rico Officials

AP | Posted 02.15.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Negligence, Puerto Rico, Video, Hector Cruz Santiago, Drowning, Juan Huertas Cumbas, Puerto Rico Justice Department, Inmates, Drown, Justice Department, Prison Inmates, Suing, Latino Voices News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The family of one of eight inmates who drowned last year in Puerto Rico while shackled inside a state van caught in flood wat...

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'Housewives' Reunion: Russell Tried To Drown Taylor

Posted 04.14.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Video, Drowning, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Tv Replay, Russell Armstrong, Bravo, Taylor Armstrong, TV News

In the final hour of the three-part reunion special for "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on Bravo), Taylor Armstrong opened up...

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30 Feared Drowned In Deadly Footbridge Collapse

AP | By WASBIR HUSSAIN | Posted 12.30.2011 | World
Read More: India, Kameng Bridge Collapse, Kameng River, Drowning, India Kameng River, Bridge Collapse, Kameng River Drowning, India Bridge Collapse, Footbridge Collapse, World News

GAUHATI, India -- Army divers joined police and paramilitary forces Sunday searching for victims who fell about 40 feet (12 meters) into a remote Indi...

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Boy, 9, Pulls Drowning Toddler From Pool

AP | Posted 10.02.2011 | Impact
Read More: Swimming, Child Drowning, Good News, San Jose Boy Saves Toddler, Drowning, Pool Safety, Impact News

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Associated Press) -- A 9-year-old California boy has saved the life of a toddler found unconscious at the bottom of a San Jose apart...

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Popular Hawaii Swimming Hole Is A Deadly Tourist Trap

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
Read More: Hawaii Swimming Hole, Swimming, Video, Deadly Swimming Hole, Drowning, Tourist Traps, Hawaii, Vacation, Travel Blogs, Tourists, Green News

LIHUE, Hawaii (Associated Press) -- Travel guidebooks call Kipu Falls "a glorious little hidden place" and a "swimming hole extraordinaire." But the a...

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Second Death In Staten Island Pool Accident

nytimes.com | ELISSA GOOTMAN | Posted 09.17.2011 | New York
Read More: Pool Accident, Staten Island, Ny News, Drowning, New York News

A second man has died from injuries he received while participating in a training exercise at a Staten Island public pool last Wednesday, according to...

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Casey Anthony Trial: Jurors Left With Scant Evidence

Yahoo! News | KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 09.01.2011 | Crime
Read More: Caylee Anthony Murder, Cindy Anthony, Drowning, Casey Anthony Trial, Caylee Anthony Death, Casey Anthony Evidence, Caylee Anthony, George Anthony, Crime News

Kyle Hightower, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — After more than 33 days of testimony, 400 pieces of evidence and sweeping promises from attorne...

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