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Press
Releases
CDC Press Releases and Media
Relations
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) News
Nutrition and Physical Activity Press Release Archive
| Date |
Title |
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August 5, 2004 |
CDC’s New State-Specific
Breastfeeding Data Will Help States Better Target Programs |
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July 15, 2004 |
HHS Announces
Revised Medicare Obesity Coverage Policy |
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March 9, 2004 |
Citing
"Dangerous Increase" in Deaths,
HHS Launches New Strategies Against Overweight Epidemic |
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February 17, 2004 |
National
Campaign to Get Kids Physically Active is Working |
| January
21, 2004 |
Obesity Costs States Billions in
Medical Expenses |
| August 14,
2003 |
Physical Activity Definitions Broadened to
Include Daily Activities |
| April 15,
2003 |
Health
Summit Provides Tools to Help Communities Build a Healthier U.S. |
| December
30, 2002 |
Obesity and
Diabetes Still on the Rise
New Evidence of Links to Serious Chronic Diseases |
| October 8, 2002 |
Obesity Still On The Rise, New Data Show |
| June 20, 2002 |
HHS
Report Highlights Benefits of Physical Activity for Disease
Prevention |
| May 1, 2002 |
HHS Promotes Health
Through Physical Activity |
| May 1, 2002 |
HHS Urges Community Partnerships to Improve
Physical Activity, |
| February 1, 2002 |
HHS To Propose New Initiative to Build
Healthy Communities |
| September 11, 2001 |
Twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity
continue to threaten the health of Americans, CDC says |
| May 1, 2001 |
National Blueprint: Increasing Physical
Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older |
| March 29, 2001 |
CDC Identifies Nutritional
Deficiencies Among Young Children |
| March 12, 2001 |
More American Children and Teens Are
Overweight |
| January 26, 2001 |
Diabetes Rates Rise Another 6 Percent in
1999 |
| October 2000 |
Lower Direct Medical Costs Associated with
Physical Activity |
| October 2000 |
KidsWalk—First International
"Walk Our Children to School Day" Gets Families Active on the
Way to School |
| October 2000 |
Obesity Continues to Climb in 1999 |
| August 23, 2000 |
Major Increase in Diabetes Among Adults
Occurred Nationwide Between 1990 and 1998 |
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