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• Tackle obesity like smoking, expert says
This could include regulations that restrict how companies market “junk” food to children and requirements for schools to serve healthy meals, said Professor Boyd Swinburn, a public health researcher who works with the World Health Organization.
• Over 50% in U.S. on chronic meds
TRENTON, N.J. - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and ...
• First child death in Beijing linked to China virus
BEIJING - China's capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts the Olympic Games. Beijing Health Bureau ...
• Government to unveil fitness test for adults
The test is for people 18 and older who are in good health. It was inspired by scores of baby boomers who kept asking council members whether there was a fitness test available today that was similar to the ones they took as students, Johnson said.
• Olmert warns Hamas as Bush visits Israel
Normally, tens of thousands of Palestinians are permitted into Israel each day for work, health care and family visits. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Hadley suggested that Bush might acknowledge the Palestinian view of the milestone when ...

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