Tackling obesity needs comprehensive action
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080321/2008_03_21t162732_450x293_us_obesity.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=b03k6POJYVndrVf45dN25A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080321/hl_nm/obesity_dc)Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) -- There is little debate that obesity
presents a public health issue in North America -- obesity
rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United
States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. But the causes of obesity -- and therefore, the
solutions -- are not as obvious, according to research
presented this week at a media workshop run by the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research.</p><br clear="all"/>
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