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The United Nations (UN) held a General Assembly meeting in New York where they discussed the prevention of noncommunicable diseases, specifically obesity and diabetes. It was only the second time in UN history that it has gathered to discuss health issues. (The only other time was addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in 2001.) CNN published an […]

A Canadian woman, upset about being put on a 10 year waiting list to receive bariatric surgery, decided to write her own obituary and send it to Canadian health agencies.  The story of 42-year-old Lillian Coakley from Nova Scotia was published in an article this month. Coakley is on a waiting list with more than […]

Tomorrow the Obama Administration will be unveiling the new symbol of healthy eating, replacing the food pyramid that has been used for the past two decades.  The new symbol aims to be a simpler, plate-shaped representation of how we should be eating, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups.  It will consist of four […]