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Response to Ebola, obesity high on the agenda

WHO will evaluate performance related to MDGs and set priorities for the coming year, including plans to fight antimicrobial resistance

Great Man's distortion

How we came to fear saturated fat

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

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Unhealthy foods should be eliminated from schools, says WHO report

World Health Assembly accepts recommendations of the commission on ending childhood obesity

India's nutritional puzzle

From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …

The new obesity

A growing number of people are unable to shed those extra pounds despite strict diet regimes and long hours of workout. Evidence shows that the …

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Coca Cola, Pepsi and Snapple to cut 20% calories in beverages over 10 years

Move follows widespread public concern about increasing obesity in the US

Junk games and school children

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World Health assembly to discuss fat issues

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Eat at your own risk

Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on nutrition. 

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Not so young at heart

Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …

Danone, Unilever and Nestle top newly released nutrition index

Report scores 25 companies on basis of their written policies for increasing access to nutritious products; critics call it a whitewash

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

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Corporate pressure may put India's obesity prevention plans on hold

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