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Little change in U.S. obesity rates in recent years
Reuters Health, January 17, 2012
The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last few years, two reports out Tuesday suggest.
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Hopkins to create global center to look at childhood obesity
The Baltimore Sun, November 11, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded $16 million from the National Institutes of Health to create a global center to address the childhood obesity epidemic.
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Addressing childhood obesity: Global effort will include investigators from five Johns Hopkins schools
The JHU Gazette, November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded a $16 million U54 cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health to establish a global center of excellence to address the childhood obesity epidemic.
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