Weight can be obstacle for pediatricians treating obesity
Two UNC Chapel Hill surveys of North Carolina pediatricians show doctors hesitate to address child obesity, influenced by their own weight and concerns about sympathy or hypocrisy. Only 12 percent felt very effective, with many preferring treating other conditions. Nearly half of overweight doctors were unaware of their own weight.
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Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Reginald Washington
Denver
American Academy of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Eliana Perrin
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Karah Daniels
Unc-Chapel Hill
Children’s Hospital
Chapel Hill
Perrin
Infants Caught in No Fly List Mix-Up Affects Travel
The article reports infants being barred from flights at U S airports because their names resemble those on the no fly list. Parents scramble to fax passports as the government expands security lists after the 9 11 attacks. Ingrid Sanden describes the frustration of missing flights while pregnant and facing security checks.
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Washington
U.S
Ingrid Sanden
Phoenix
Landen
American Civil Liberties Union
Record partial cockpit voice recorder states crash probes hampered
An Athens coroner reported autopsies on 20 of 121 victims showed they were alive at impact. The exterior CVR container was found. internal components ejected during the crash into mountains north of Athens. Co pilot reportedly alive at impact. flight attendant among the dead.
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Athens
Greece
Nikos Kalogrias
Mega
Akrivos Tsolakis
Airline Safety Committee
Iraq leaders extend constitutional deadline
In Baghdad Iraqi leaders said key parts of the draft constitution remain undecided as Parliament voted to extend negotiators' deadline to August 22 for drafting the charter. Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari says the constitution should not be born crippled despite pressure to meet the earlier deadline amid insurgency.
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Iraq
al- Jaafari
Jalal Talabani
Baghdad
Bush
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Police seize control of largest Gaza settlement Neve Dekalim
Israeli police breached the main gate of Neve Dekalim in Gaza and seized control of the settlement amid clashes with hundreds of pullout opponents. At least nine people were arrested after trying to block trucks entering the community ahead of a midnight evacuation deadline. Maj. Gen. Dan Harel warned authorities would enforce law if disruptions continued.
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Gaza Strip
Israel
Gaza
Neve Dekalim
Dan Harel
Israel TV
Agencies cite 1036 SRM violations under mad cow rules
Washington AP The Agriculture Department announced inspectors found 1 036 violations at beef slaughterhouses and processing plants over 17 months ending May for failing to remove specified risk materials from cattle older than 30 months. No contaminated meat reached consumers, officials said.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Lisa Wallenda Picard
Picard
Department
Public Citizen
Jean Halloran
Consumers Union
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