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Expert panel says to call kids ‘obese’

CHICAGO (AP) (AP) Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children’s weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.
Less blunt terms used by the government and many doctors diplomatically avoid the term “obese.” Instead, they refer to children many would […]

U.N.: World must manage new health risks

GENEVA (AP) A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.
AIDS and 38 other new pathogens are afflicting mankind that were unknown a generation ago, the World Health Organization said.
Though advances […]

A gift that gives right back? The giving itself

When my mom died a few years ago, my siblings and I were discussing the many ways life would be different without her. “No more presents,” my brother noted.
My mother was passionate about gifts. As an adult, I often urged her to stop giving presents and spend the money on herself, but she refused. […]

China finds problems with kids’ snacks

BEIJING (AP) Chinese inspectors found excessive amounts of additives and preservatives in dozens of children’s snacks and seized hundreds of bottles of fake human blood protein from hospitals, officials said Tuesday.
China’s dismal health and safety record Д both within and outside its borders Д has increasingly come under the spotlight as its goods […]

An ancient medicine (enjoy in moderation)

Every year, the average American adult drinks the equivalent of 38 six-packs of beer, a dozen bottles of wine and two quarts of distilled spirits like gin, rum, single malt Scotch, or vodka that aspires to single malt status through the addition of flavors normally associated with yogurt or bubble bath.
We are by no […]