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Parents, overweight kids and a minefield of blame and judgment
When Dara-Lynn Weiss wrote an article for Vogue magazine last year about putting her then 7-year-old daughter on a diet, she created a firestorm of controversy. "One of the most (bleeped) up, selfish ...
Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:56 AM
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We're bringing recess back!
By Najla Amundson We think its time you took a recess. And were making it a goal to ensure you do. Today we announced a statewide platform The Official Sponsor of Recess as our way of encouraging...
Posted on 9/13/12 at 2:19 PM
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Healthy habits reduce breast cancer risk between mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters nationwide are beating the odds of developing hereditary breast cancer. The American Cancer Society says that five to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are caused by gene defects...
Posted on 3/28/11 at 8:25 PM
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North Dakota obesity ranking moves up to 21st
A report released Tuesday ranks North Dakota as the 21st most obese state, up one spot from last year’s “F as in Fat” report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wo...
Posted on 6/30/10 at 7:29 AM
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Michelle Obama highlights obesity progress in MS

Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates and said its example should inspire the rest of the country.

February 27, 2013

Advocates: 39 states' obesity rates to pass 50 pct

NEW YORK (AP) — A group campaigning against obesity predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in 39 states will be obese — not merely overweight, but obese.

By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer , September 18, 2012

No end to obesity, 20-year forecast shows

The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don’t take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.

By By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press , May 08, 2012

No end to obesity epidemic, 20-year forecast shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet.

By Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer , May 07, 2012

North Dakota ranks in the middle in obesity statistics

Millions of Americans wage a daily battle against excess body weight. A battle many are losing. Two-thirds of adults and almost one-fifth of children in the United States are overweight or obese, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An adult with a Body Mass Index between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight; an adult with a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.

By By Brandi Jewett, Forum Communications Co. , August 17, 2011

Big brother should stay out of kitchen

The large number of overweight and obese children in North Dakota and the nation’s schools represents a serious health problem. What students eat at school, and the exercise that they get there, can be part of the problem and the solution. it can’t be taken lightly.

By The Bismarck Tribune , December 14, 2010

Report: Obesity hurts your wallet and your health

WASHINGTON — Obesity puts a drag on the wallet as well as health, especially for women. Doctors have long known that medical bills are higher for the obese, but that’s only a portion of the real-life costs.

By By Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press , September 21, 2010

N.D. slips one spot in obesity rankings

Here’s an exercise North Dakotans could have done without: climbing another rung on the ladder of the nation’s most obese states. A report released Tuesday ranks North Dakota as the 21st most obese state, up one spot from last year’s “F as in Fat” report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

By By Mike Nowatzki , Forum Communications Co. , June 30, 2010

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Fitness efforts haven’t stemmed kid obesity First lady Michelle Obama isn’t the first national leader to try to get America’s kids off the couch. President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried more than 50 years ago, and it’s been a losing battle since. Childhood obesity has been on the rise in recent decades, with 17 percent of children considered obese and about one in three of them overweight.

By By Frederic J. Frommer, The Associated Press , February 16, 2010

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By By Nancy Benac, The Associated Press , February 09, 2010

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Survey: A third of S.D. students overweight or obese

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A recent survey in South Dakota schools shows one-third of students are overweight or obese.

December 20, 2009

N.D. 22nd in U.S. obesity ranking

A state health official says two-thirds of North Dakotans could stand to lose some weight, and she recommends they look at home, work and school for healthy choices. The latest rankings from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation put North Dakota 22nd among the states with an adult obesity rate of 26.7 percent.

July 02, 2009

New obesity surgery goes through mouth

Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach.

By By Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press , June 04, 2009

What others think: Tribes face obesity epidemic that calls for help

A new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Minorities in the United States face enough other challenges without having this one added on. The lead author of the study said that obesity among children so young is a problem because of the lifelong health problems and expense it can cause.

By Madison (S.D.) Daily Leader , April 24, 2009

N.D. awarded grant for health communities' programs

North Dakota is one of eight states to be awarded a $20,000 grant to support the development of physical activity and nutrition programs in five communities, according to Deanna Askew, Healthy Weight coordinator for the North Dakota Department of Health.

February 02, 2009

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