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fast food and obesity The face of health and health care in schools is changing. Health promotion and
disease prevention programs are attracting greater attention and money.Bulletin from the medical front: Eating fast food and sitting hours on end in
front of the TV are really terrible for the waistline.The high caloric content of these large servings leads to weight gain for regular
fast food customers, and obesity can lead to many dangerous health ...A study says every day, nearly one-third of American kids ages 4 to 19 eat fast
food, which increases the risk of obesity. The study's lead author says the ...The nutritional make up of fast food encourages people to gorge on it, increasing
the their risk of obesity, research suggests.According to Fast Food Nation, a new book by Eric Schlosser, ... Recent studies
by the US Agriculture Department now link obesity to soft drink consumption ...Whites who eat fast food twice or more a week have a 50 percent greater risk of
obesity than do those who eat this way once or less. ...After all, the problem with obesity is that one takes in more energy than one
burns and the authors note this. Hence, if fast food is replacing other forms ...To say that fast food has nothing to do with obesity is pretty incredible, even
for the credibility-challenged Chamber of Commerce. ...In an HSPH classroom on March 18, HSPH students took on the roles of jurors,
witnesses, and attorneys for Peckham v. McDonald's Corp, a mock trial... |
