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		<title>Conflicts of Interest on Obesity Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/conflicts-of-interest-on-obesity-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abbott Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allergan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cholesterol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical guidelines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypertension]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports on conflicts of interest on three panels writing clinical guidelines for the National Institutes of Health, including cholesterol, hypertension and obesity. The article notes “At least eight of the 19 members of the obesity panel have financial ties to a phalanx of private business interests.” The companies listed include GlaxoSmithKline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up with the FDA &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/09/whats-up-with-the-fda-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/09/whats-up-with-the-fda-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=1836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues, Christopher Still of the Geisinger Obesity Institute, and Arya Sharma, of the University of Alberta and I , have just published an article, Is there a path for approval of an anti-obesity drug at the FDA. The article analyzes in some depth the reviews by the FDA of the 3 new drug applications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIH Releases Ho-Hum Strategic Obesity Research Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/05/nih-releases-ho-hum-strategic-obesity-research-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/05/nih-releases-ho-hum-strategic-obesity-research-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 21:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 30, 2011, NIH released a new version of its Strategic Plan for Obesity Research. There isn’t anything particularly new in the plan. It is more or less a signal to researchers what the NIH expects to fund in the next few years.  As with earlier plans, this one lacks any sense of urgency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Diet for the New Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/a-diet-for-the-new-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/a-diet-for-the-new-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leptin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melody Barnes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Orszag]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[weight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[December 30, 2008 By Morgan Downey At this time of year, millions of Americans are hoping the new Administration will solve our seemingly intractable problems at home and abroad. Millions are also hoping to lose weight in the New Year. The two are not unrelated. Over the past three decades, obesity has increased among all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/managing-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/managing-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evaluating weight-loss programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHLBI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 5, 2011 A new paper from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research finds limited evidence for long-term changes  in body weight through lifestyle interventions for Type 2 diabetes,  breast cancer, Metabolic Syndrome and Prostate cancer. Comments are being accepted until January 13, 2011. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ta/lifeintrvrev/lifeinterv_draft.pdf                                                                                                                                                                     Overall Reviews and Assessements of Treatment Options [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 2 &#8211; Quick Facts</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-2-quick-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-2-quick-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FACT SHEETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adipose tissue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[African-Americans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[overweight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prevalence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF ADULT OBESITY The adult obesity rates have risen dramatically from 1960 to today; rates of overweight (BMI &#62;30) have doubled, rates of obesity (BMI 30-39.9) have nearly tripled and rates of extreme or morbid obesity (BMI &#62;40) have nearly increased seven fold. ADULT (age 20-74) Prevalence 1 Overweight (BMI 25-30) Percentage 1960-1962 31.5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FACT SHEETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Dietetic Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Heart Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign to end obesity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[links]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Follow the debate on obesity as a disease at Obesity &#8211; ProCon.org USDA MyPyramid MyPyramid.gov &#8211; United States Department of Agriculture &#8211; Home Nutrition Fact Sheets from the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Fact Sheets Diabetes Research Summaries from the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Research Summaries &#8211; Overweight, Obesity &#38; Weight Loss &#8211; American Diabetes Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform and Obesity – The Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/health-care-reform-and-obesity-%e2%80%93-the-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/health-care-reform-and-obesity-%e2%80%93-the-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Academy of Pediatrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadillac plans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cholesterol]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medical deduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prevalence of obesity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SCHIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Baucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Max Baucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soda tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somerville MA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar-sweetened beverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current health care reform debate has crucial implications for the prevention and treatment of obesity. This debate will be followed closely in the months, if not years, ahead. Here is my view of some of the critical issues in the current debate. MD October 16, 2009 Senate Finance wellness loophole undercuts reform goals.  Wellness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archives</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/news-archives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[APRIL 2009 April 24, 2009 After planting garden, Michelle Obama skips out to Five Guys for a burger. First lady says she sneaks off to fun restaurants &#8211; washingtonpost.com MARCH 2009 March 31, 2009 Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius lead off her testimony to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee stating, “Yet, at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/federal-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Programs on Obesity For an excellent overview, see http://www.stopobesityalliance.org/research-and-policy/research-center/gw-research/ and F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2008 &#8211; RWJF National Institutes of Health NIH is the preeminent research organization in the United States and the world and have a number of research programs related to obesity. Weight Information Network [...]]]></description>
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