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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National
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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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Weight Loss Without Gimmicks - 3/11/09

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Dr. Susan Roberts
Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University

Obesity, overweight, and related medical problems remain at epidemic levels. Sixty-five percent of the adult population and 33% percent of children are classified as overweight or obese, and approximately 10% of total U.S. medical expenditures are for health problems related to excess weight. Thus, obesity reduction is an urgent national priority from the perspectives of both health and the economy. Weight reduction is also a personal priority for many Americans, with 51% of adults in national surveys reporting efforts to lose weight within the past year.

Dr. Roberts discusses effective and ineffective approaches to weight loss. She highlights widely used gimmicks associated with popular diets that are ineffective for weight loss and hamper individual efforts to prevent weight regain. This presentation focuses on individual decision-making and responsibility in making sensible food and activity choices for weight control.