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TV ads for fast food contribute to child obesity - Los Angeles Times Blogs

Banning fast-food advertisements on television could reduce the number of overweight children in the United States by as much as 18%, according to a report published today from economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research. The study ...

Censoring Fast-Food TV Ads Might Lower Childhood Obesity Rates - Eflux Media

Banning fast-food advertising could lead to a decrease in the number of overweight and obese children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. Childhood obesity has become a national ...

Researchers: Ban on fast food TV advertising would reverse childhood ... - PhysOrg

A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics . The study also reports that ...

Obesity More Dangerous Than Terrorism: Experts - Common Dreams

World governments focus too much on fighting terrorism while obesity and other "lifestyle diseases" are killing millions more people, an international conference heard Monday. Overcoming deadly factors such as poor diet, smoking and a lack of ...

Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal

Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?” Tom Brokaw threw that question at John McCain and Barack Obama in the middle of last night’s debate. Their answers went beyond the already-familiar details of each man’s ...

Rain, Autism, and Mercury - Huffingtonpost.com

A new study out of Cornell University says that children growing up in the rainiest or snowiest areas of the country seem to have a higher risk for autism than children living in drier climates. The authors estimated that removing precipitation as a ...

November 2008 - Kansas City Star Blogs

This new $700 billion stimulus package could be broken into $14,000 no-interest loans to 50 million households to be used exclusively to pay down their household debt. This loan would be paid back from future tax refunds or Social Security benefits ...