STOP Obesity Alliance Announces Eight New Associate Members to Help Raise Obesity on the Nation's Public Health Agenda WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eight medical groups, public health associations and obesity experts joined the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance today as the organization accelerates outreach to public and private sector decision makers grappling with the high costs of weight-related health conditions -- such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

According to the American Obesity Association, approximately 127 million adults in the United States are overweight, 60 million are obese and 9 million are extremely obese.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced expansion of its oral Oleoyl-estrone (OE) clinical obesity program to include the morbidly obese.

By Heather Woodward, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Sep. 3--The abundance of healthful food has reached an all-time high in South Sound lunchrooms in the year since school districts statewide adopted new, stricter nutrition policies, local educators say.

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