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	<description>Celebrating Wellness by Measuring Success</description>
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		<title>Our Philosophy: What is Wellness?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wellness is a state of optimal health and wellbeing that is oriented toward maximizing an individual&#8217;s potential.  It conjures up a picture of energy.  It is enjoying and thriving in life; having enough zest to thrive regardless of what life throws at us.
 
&#8220;Wellness&#8221; - we see the term everywhere.  There is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://weightlosshealthpros.com/2009/11/our-philosophy-what-is-wellness/</link>
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		<title>Two Thirds of America Obese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TWO-THIRDS OF U.S. ADULTS ARE NOW CONSIDERED OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
ADULT OBESITY RATES RISE IN 37 STATES
In spite of media coverage and doctors&#8217; advice, millions of Americans are still overweight. Why can&#8217;t state and federal policies control help?
by Catherine Arnst
Despite the many public efforts to promote physical activity and good nutrition in recent years, despite the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://weightlosshealthpros.com/2009/10/two-thirds-of-us-adults-are-now-considered-overweight/</link>
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		<title>Cost of treating obese patients soars to $147 billion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Obese Americans — those who are 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight — cost the country an estimated $147 billion in weight-related medical bills in 2008, double what it was a decade ago, a new study shows.
Overall, an obese patient has $4,871 in medical bills a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obese children more likely to have allergies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mon May 4, 2009 1:48pm EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obese children and adolescents are 26 percent more likely to have some kind of allergy, especially to food, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
They said it is not clear from the study if obesity causes allergies, but it suggests controlling obesity in young people may be important for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://weightlosshealthpros.com/2009/10/obese-children-more-likely-to-have-allergies/</link>
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		<title>More Kids Becoming Severely Obese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HealthDay By Robert Preidt Friday, July 31, 2009
FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) &#8212; In the last 25 years, rates of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, says a new study.
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		<link>http://weightlosshealthpros.com/2009/10/more-kids-becoming-severely-obese/</link>
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		<title>Better exercise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Better nutrition, coupled with exercise, has long been the favored prescription for losing weight and avoiding obesity.  A new study suggests diet actually plays the key role.
Researchers from Loyola University Health System and other centers, compared African-American women in metropolitan Chicago with women in rural Nigeria. On average, the Chicago women weighed 184 pounds [...]]]></description>
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