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	<title>The Downey Obesity Report &#187; smoking</title>
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		<title>NIH Disses Physical Activity as Cure of Childhood Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/nih-disses-physical-activity-as-cure-of-childhood-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atherosclerosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has issued guidelines endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They are directed to all primary pediatric care providers to address the known risk factors of cardiovascular disease, including obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, tobacco and lipids. The report notes that longitudinal data on non-white populations are lacking and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Wal-Mart Hit Overweight Workers Next?</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/10/will-wal-mart-hit-overweight-workers-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employer Incentives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart is cutting some health care benefits. Among the changes is a requirement for smokers to pay a substantial penalty…an extra $260 to $2,340 a year…if they want health care coverage. Wal-Mart Cuts Some Health Care Benefits &#8211; NYTimes.com The change raises the specter of when this kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity Undercutting Life Expectancy Gains</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/12/obesity-undercutting-life-expectancy-gains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/12/obesity-undercutting-life-expectancy-gains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A study published December 3, 2009 in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that the negative effects of the increasing rates of obesity in the US will overwhelm the positive effects of declines in smoking rates. The researchers from Harvard University used multiple scenarios which came to similar conclusions.  The authors believe that life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Reviews</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/10/book-reviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kessler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kolata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raw foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wrangham]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE WORLD IS FAT by Barry Popkin (Aver, New York, 2009) Barry Popkin is a highly respected obesity researcher and professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In this book has given us all an insight into his life’s work – understanding the spread of obesity throughout the world. Popkin’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Incentives</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/employer-incentives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/employer-incentives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employer Incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood pressure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Shaclmut Safeway]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[males]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metabolic syndrome]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metformin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Bureau for Econocmis Research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Cholesterol Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurotransmitters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-resting energy expenditure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Employer Wellness Programs In recent years, employers, mainly large ones, have developed wellness programs designed to promote healthier lifestyles among their employees while at the same time reducing their health care expenses. Recently, questions have arisen addressing how much of an incentive can an employer provide before it becomes a punitive measure. The National Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appetite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics on obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Type 2 diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Alabama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Research is fundamental to understanding, preventing and treating obesity. And yet research reports are often not accepted by the public or policy-makers. One reason is that almost every adult is their own self-study of weight control. A study might have the most precise protocol, a powerful sample size and control for a variety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inheritance Factors</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/inheritance-factors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/inheritance-factors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inheritance Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine disruptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epigenetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeding styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fetal origins of obesity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gestational weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infancy feeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intrauterine environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition in the womb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phenotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Genes are not the only way characteristics may be passed from generation to generation. Researchers are actively pursuing what is called epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to changes in appearance, or phenotype, which is not due to changes in the DNA, which regulates genes and their expression. Intrauterine Environment The intrauterine environment (the womb) has been shown [...]]]></description>
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