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An Olympic hurdle

30 September 2010
The Olympics, to be held in London in 2012, are acting as a spur to encourage more people to take up physical activity. The previous government had pledged to get 1 million more people playing sport (and a further 1 million to take other forms of physical activity)...
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Long-term weight gain from baby milk

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has published a study showing that body fat mass among older children is higher among those who were fed nutrient-enriched milk to promote weight gain when they were newborns. Researchers at University College London’s...
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Tackling obesity with food

29 September 2010
Food company Nestlé has announced that it is to invest SFr500 million (£320 million) over 10 years to develop food products to tackle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. It sees this as ‘pioneer[ing] a new industry between food...
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State of the Heart report launched

26 September 2010
For the 10th anniversary of World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation, WHO and World Economic Forum have produced a report, State of the Heart, tracing the progress made in tackling this disease over the last decade, which kills 17 million people a year (82 per...
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Major donation for NCD Alliance

24 September 2010
At the Clinton Global Initiative, the Medtronic Foundation announced a grant of $1 million to the NCD Alliance (http://www.ncdalliance.org/), as part of its strategic efforts to reduce the burden of NCDs. The NCD Alliance was established to work towards the 2011...
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Taxes rise: smoking falls

23 September 2010
In April, the Australian government introduced a surprise 25 per cent tax rise on tobacco, following 10 years without any increase. A new survey, conducted online, has found that 300,000 people – 9 per cent of smokers – kicked the habit in the two months following...
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School-leavers at weight-gain risk

16 September 2010
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne has published the results of a study of over 1,500 young people it has been following over for 10 years – which has showed that the time at which they leave school is critical. One in five teenagers in...
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Should we be lovin’ it?

14 September 2010
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in the United States has issued a new, strikingly hard-hitting TV advertisement for healthy eating. Over an image of the dead body of an overweight, middle-aged man in a mortuary, the voiceover says ‘High cholesterol,...
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Abdominal fat link to bowel cancer

13 September 2010
The World Cancer Research Fund held its annual conference in London on 12–13 September, on the subject Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention: Current Challenges, New Horizons. One of the major findings presented was an update to earlier evidence...
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NIH funds new obesity action

10 September 2010
Two multi-million dollar research studies are being launched to counter childhood obesity in the US, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The first study, to take place over seven years, is part-funded by the NHLBI to the tune of $49.5 million, will be...
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