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Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday.

US spends more on obesity than cancer: Sebelius (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:52 AM PDT

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius speaks with Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) from a podium at the Capitol on July 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. The US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Sebelius said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - The US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.
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