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• 500 Million Pledged to Fight Child Obesity (NY Times)

• Obesity Surgery Triples Among U.S. Teens (MSNBC.Com)

• U.S. Obesity Levels Greatly Underestimated (Harvard School of Public Health)

• Fitness Trend Predictions for 2006 (American Council on Exercise)

• Gym Infections--New MRSA Super Bug! (WebMD.Com)

• Obesity Can Cause Heart Attacks in Kids (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• ACSM Fit Society Newsletter/Fall 2004 (Nutrition & Fitness for the Older Adult Theme)  This issue features special articles on lowering your blood pressure with exercise, high protein diets, and improving your blood lipids. And, don't miss our regular columns, including the Athlete's Kitchen and the popular Question and Answer section pertaining to all populations.

• Gastric Bypass Surgery For Teens (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• High Blood Pressure Guidelines for Kids (MSNBC.Com)

• Diabetes Now Kills More People Than AIDS (MSNBC.Com)

• US Children's Blood Pressure Rising (MSNBC.Com)

• Millions in US Believed To Be Pre-Diabetic (MSNBC.Com)

• Biggie Portions, Bigger Appetite (MSNBC.Com)

• Fit Kids Perform Better Academically (CA Department of Education)

• High Blood Pressure Risk Climbs With Kids' Weight (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• The Risks of Do-It-Yourself Tattoos (MSNBC.Com)

• McDonald's Phasing Out Supersize Fries, Drinks (MSNBC.Com)

• Toddlers Not Getting Enough Exercise (MSNBC.Com)

• Health Care Spending Reaches 1.7 Trillion (MSNBC.Com)

• Big Kid, Big Heart--And That's Not Good! (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• New 'Food Pyramid' To Address Obesity Epidemic (RealAge.Com)

• ACSM Fit Society Newsletter/Winter 2003-2004 (Olympics & Sports Medicine Theme)  This special issue offers a unique glimpse into what it takes to be an elite athlete, and how their training methods can apply to the recreational or everyday athlete.  Read an exclusive article from an Olympic luge athlete , and other articles profiling nutrition, sports psychology and  injury prevention .  This issue also contains a useful guide to assembling your own personal health and fitness "team."  

• School Sports & Exercise Participants Grow Into Active Adults (RealAge.Com)

• Youth Obesity Blamed for Rise in Disability (MSNBC News)

• US Teens More Likely to Be Overweight Than Foreign Teens (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Calculate Your Child's BMI! (KeepKidsHealthy.Com)

• More Pollutants in Farmed Salmon Than Wild (MSNBC News)

• McDonald's Posts Data on Carbs, Fats (MSNBC News)

• A Third of Kids Eat Fast Food Daily! (CNN.Com)

• ACSM Fit Society Newsletter/Fall 2003: Nutrition Theme Topics this issue include low carbohydrate diets, nutrient intake for building lean muscle, balancing the scale for weight loss, and tips for eating out.  The Athlete’s Kitchen focuses on “Roughing Up Your Sports Diet,” and the ever-popular Q & A offers good advice on fluid replacement and supplement use. 

• Young Diabetics at Risk for Early Kidney Disease (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Study Finds Significant Risk of Diabetes to Those Born in 2000 (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Gaining Weight on the Job (WebMD.Com)

• National Work & Family Month (Promoting Work & Family Health)

• Portion Distortion Raises Cancer Risk (RealAge.Com)

• Portion Distortion Quiz (National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute)

• Q & A About the New Food Label (National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute)

• Does Urban Sprawl Make Us Fat? (MSNBC News)

• Mercury in Fish Not So Toxic? (MSNBC News)

• Farmed Salmon Heavy in Chemicals Group Says (RealAge.Com)

• High Blood Pressure in Teens Predicts Heart Disease (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• National Academy of Sports Medicine (exercises of the month)

• Do low-fat foods really help? (MSNBC.Com)

• Researchers see obesity prevention as major health issue (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Youthful hostility linked to adult heart disease (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Parks program pushes sedentary to get active (HeartCenterOnLine.Com)

• Why don't we like veggies? (MSNBC.Com)

• Poor school lunches promote obesity (MSNBC.Com)

• PE classes plugging into what moves kids (USAToday.Com)

(This list will randomly change.  Older links will go into appropriate archive categories.)

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