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Labour plan pie ban for new healthy eating campaign (Daily Record)

PIES could be banned from shops if a healthy eating campaign fails to bring down obesity levels.

Antiobesity adverts don't mention the word obese (Daily Telegraph)

A new £8 million antiobesity advertising campaign being launched tomorrow will not mention the word obese.

Dairy farmer adds running to his daily routine -- and finds he's really good at it (The Salisbury Post)

By Steve Huffman shuffman@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — About 10 years ago, Robert Miller got a wake-up call delivered courtesy of his niece. “Yo ...

10 Ways to Stick to Your Workout (Newton Daily News)

You have the right to remain fat. Or skinny. Or weak. But you should know that every workout you miss can and will be used against you to make your belly bigger, your muscles smaller and weaker and your life shorter. Unfortunately, most Americans are exercising their right not to exercise. A recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics found that only 19 percent of the population ...

Wishful thinking for 2009 (The New Statesman)

January : Tony Blair is arrested at Heathrow Airport as he returns from yet another foreign speaking engagement (receipts since leaving office: £12m).

Prescription Pill Pushers Flying Into the Tri-State (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Police said hundreds of local pill pushers who have been driving back and forth to Florida are now flying the friendly skies.