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• Michelle Obama on Obesity: Good Diet vs. Fad Diet (LiveScience.com)
• Premature Death Could Await Obese Kids (HealthDay)
• Childhood obesity linked to early death: US study (AFP)
• Mom's Obesity May Affect Baby's Health (LiveScience.com)

Michelle Obama on Obesity: Good Diet vs. Fad Diet (LiveScience.com) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:50 AM PST LiveScience.com - Though the president of the United States is arguably the most powerful man in the world, his wife wields considerable influence. Each First Lady usually has a pet social cause they wish to champion. Nancy Reagan famously tackled America's drug problem, for example, and Michele Obama recently launched a campaign to reduce childhood obesity.

Premature Death Could Await Obese Kids (HealthDay) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 08:49 PM PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children are at a greater risk of dying young, a new study finds.

Childhood obesity linked to early death: US study (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 07:19 PM PST AFP - Being obese as a child increases the risk of dying before you reach 55, says a study published Wednesday, a day after US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a program to fight childhood obesity amid warnings it is shortening lives.

Mom's Obesity May Affect Baby's Health (LiveScience.com) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 06:35 PM PST LiveScience.com - Obese mothers put newborns at greater risk for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and other ills, new research suggests.

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