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Obesity Healthcare

Do Heavy People Pay More For Gas?

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 10.09.2012 | Home
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With gas prices reaching record highs in certain parts of the country, Americans are looking for someone to blame for their pain at the pump. But driv...

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Obesity's Dollars And Cents

Reuters | Posted 06.30.2012 | Healthy Living
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By Sharon Begley April 30 (Reuters) - The incidence of obesity in the United States has soared from 13 percent to 34 percent over the ...

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Of Epidemics And "Epidemics"

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Stuart Whatley

The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.

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