Fast Food Linked To Higher Obesity Risk In Minorities
A 15 year follow up of 3 753 adults aged 18 to 30 in Chicago Minneapolis Birmingham and Oakland finds blacks showing higher obesity risk tied to fast food intake similar to whites. Whites with high fast food use and TV time show triple risk for obesity and abnormal glucose.
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Pereira
Boston’s
Children’s Hospital
Chicago
Minneapolis
Birmingham
Ala
Oakland
Calif
Miami Beach
American Heart Association
Fast food linked to obesity risk in adults and children
A study notes that frequent fast food meals raise obesity risk, with fries burgers and breakfast sandwiches tied to weight gain. Researchers say overall lifestyle shapes health, while racial diet differences influence perceived effects. a separate NY judge dismissed a class action over McDonald’s and obesity, saying risk is common knowledge.
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Robert Eckel
University of Colorado
Eckel
Pereira
The
Heart Association
New York City
McDonald’s
Security Council votes and Iraq war clock ticks
The United States and Britain push for an up or down Security Council vote on Iraq while France seeks nine votes to block a US led resolution. Iraq calls Western leaders liars as Bush signals invasion options and more than 200 000 troops stand ready in the Persian Gulf.
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Chirac
France
United States
Britain
Spain
Bulgaria
Russia
China
Germany
Syria
Angola
Cameroon
Chile
Guinea
Mexico
Pakistan
Dominique de Villepin
Ricardo Lagos
U.S
Council
Baghdad
Security Council
Iraq
U.N
Saddam
Bush
Persian Gulf
No chronic wasting disease found in Minnesota deer
Minnesota officials tested 5 002 deer shot by hunters and found no signs of chronic wasting disease in wildlife. DNR wildlife researcher Mike DonCarlos cautioned results do not guarantee all deer are disease free amid about 200 000 yearly hunts.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul, Minn
World powers seek support for March 17 Saddam deadline plan
Britain and the United States push for a March 17 deadline for Saddam Hussein to disarm as France Russia and China resist a veto capable veto on the U N Security Council. Chirac proposes a summit to work out a compromise. Iraq resumes destruction of Al Samoud 2 missiles under U N inspectors. Demonstrations against the war occur in Manchester and Pisa while U N border monitors raise alert levels in Kuwait.
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United States
Saddam Hussein
Jack Straw
France
Russia
China
U.N. Security Council
Jacques Chirac
U.S
Security Council
Igor Ivanov
U.N
Iraq
Baghdad
Kuwait
Saddam
Manchester
Pisa
Kuwait City
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