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Students Frown on the Obese.

Study says UGA students frown on obese

ASHLEY HIEB

Issue date: 12/3/09 Section: News

Two-thirds of Americans over the age of 18 are overweight, according to a report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Eight out of 10 states with the highest obesity rates are in the South, including Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, where more than 30 percent of the population is overweight.

At 27.9 percent, Georgia falls in… Continue

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BMI DISCRIMINATION.

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Editorial: Extra wellness class for Lincoln University students with high BMI unfair requirement for graduating

Dec. 4, 2009

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Claire Taylor | Lariat Staff

After working for four years -- or more -- toward a college degree, most students are ready to hurl themselves into post-graduate pursuits by the middle of senior year. The anxiety that accompanies the final degree audit is universal, since even one missing credit can… Continue

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Obesity and Shared Accountability

Obesity and Shared Accountability

This is a discussion to address the blaming model and find support for the Shared Accountability Model. www.youtube.com/smurfp4444 At the youtube site one can explore all 11 videos at my channel.

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+ Obesity discussions.

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Advocacy Group :Drop SHREK From Ant-Obesity Ads [ FAT HATRED ]

Advocacy Group: Drop Shrek From Anti-Obesity Ads

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

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NEW YORK — A children's advocacy group wants the Department of Health and Human Services to oust Shrek, the animated ogre, from his role as spokesman for an anti-obesity drive.

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood says the soon-to-open "Shrek the Third" has too many promotional ties with unhealthy foods to justify using Shrek as a health advocate.

"There is… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on December 8, 2009 at 8:03am — No Comments

Fat Policy Is a BIG LOSER.

Editorial: Fat policy is a big loser

Lincoln University has the right idea in encouraging graduation candidates to adopt healthier lifestyles. But it gets failing marks for targeting only overweight students for mandatory exercise classes.

Obesity isn't the only health problem found on college campuses. Why not an approach that, rather than stigmatizing one category of students, teaches good nutrition and healthy habits to all?

Officials at historically black… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on December 7, 2009 at 9:46am — No Comments

Success at Fat - Fighting Lincoln University hinges on BMI test.

Success at fat-fighting Lincoln University hinges on BMI test

Oldest African-American college in US to force obese students on fitness course before they can graduate

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Tiffany Humphrey, whose BMI means she cannot graduate from Lincoln University

Tiffany Humphrey, whose BMI means she cannot graduate from Lincoln University… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on December 5, 2009 at 9:46am — No Comments

Anti-Obesity Charter. Please share.

Europeans approve anti-obesity charter

Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006 | 12:37 PM ET

The Associated Press

European health ministers from 53 countries approved Thursday the world's first charter to fight obesity, vowing greater action against the epidemic of expanding waistlines across the continent.

The charter, approved in Istanbul, Turkey, was drafted by the World Health Organization in consultation with its European member states. It is the first… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on November 30, 2009 at 8:13am — No Comments

Fat Hatred

This was a posted response addressing childhood obesity.

u wanna stop childhood obesity...??

here's what u gotta do....take the damn video games away from them, unplug the tv. put locks on the cupboards and fridge. take away the sugar cereals. have them make a lunch to take to school. get them out of the house and get them outside playing with their friends instead of sitting infront of the idiot box. get them into sports at a young age.

have regular eating times.… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on November 18, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

As the health care debate rages in the US, Tokyo lawmakers set a maximum waist size. Are you too fat for Japan?

By David Nakamura — Special to GlobalPost

Published: November 10, 2009 06:29 ET

Updated: November 10, 2009 09:26 ET

Editor's note: David Nakamura also contributes to The Atlantic's excellent Food blog. Read his personal take on this story, which includes the shocking revelation of his own waist… Continue

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Heavy Americans Push Back on Health Debate.

Heavier Americans Push Back on Health Debate

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By SUSAN SAULNY

Published: November 7, 2009

Marilyn Wann is an author and weight diversity speaker in Northern California who has a message for anyone making judgments about her health based on her large physique. “The only thing anyone can accurately diagnose by looking at a fat person is their own level of stereotype and prejudice about fat,” said Ms. Wann, a 43-year-old San Franciscan… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on November 9, 2009 at 5:53am — No Comments

Letter of Support.

Suffering from an addiction is a problem. Not only does this problem affect the person with the addiction, but it also spreads its roots out and reaches towards the people surrounding the addicted. There are different kinds of addictions, but the addictions that people in today’s society see as problematic are substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and narcotics. These substances cause adverse affects on men, women, teens, children, babies, and society in general. On any given day, at any given… Continue

Added by Paul Murphy on October 16, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments