Friday, October 28, 2005
consequences of obesity
Defusing the Obesity Bomb (RedNova)
By Gayle Tomlinson Union officials are calling for the Government to do something about the region's obesity time bomb. Our children are the fattest in the country, with 18.3% aged under 11 classed as obese. The figures compare with a national average of 13.7%.
Diet OKs salary cuts for lawmakers, gov't workers (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ The Diet on Friday enacted a ruling bloc-proposed 1.7 percent wage cut for lawmakers and a government-proposed 0.1 percent wage reduction for central government employees.
Today's recommended sites:
Obesity
Obesity America
Obesity Among Child
Obesity Among Children
