Obese or Overweight People Top 2.1 Billion Worldwide
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/obese-or-overweight-people-top-2-1-billion-worldwide.html
Source: Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60460-8/abstract

Economic slowdown tied to rise in obesity in richer nations: OECD
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/27/us-health-obesity-oecd-idUSKBN0E723X20140527
Source: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
-Obesity Update 2014
http://www.oecd.org/health/obesity-update.htm

Obesity Crisis Has Scaled Even the Himalayas
Rates in remote mountain villages are five times higher than two decades ago

(Study presented at the European Congress on Obesity)
http://consumer.healthday.com/diabetes-information-10/type-ii-diabetes-news-183/obesity-rates-climb-fivefold-in-himalayas-688214.html

 

'Adolescents don't know what they're drinking': Energy drinks study warns
(“Australian academics warn that young adolescents can easily identify energy drinks brands such as Red Bull or Monster, but are unaware of key ingredients including caffeine, guarana and taurine, and in comments that should serve as a wake-up call for brands, suggest that regulations, labeling and advertising rules be tightened”)
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Adolescents-don-t-know-what-they-re-drinking-Energy-drinks-study
Source: Appetite
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666314002153

FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Rules on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm398828.htm

New York supermarket combines gym with groceries
(“The center has a personal trainer provided by the YMCA, a health care associate from CDPHP to answer questions and enroll new customers, and a Hannaford-registered dietitian to offer advice on healthy eating”)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-york-supermarket-combines-gym-with-groceries/2014/05/26/92efb710-e4e1-11e3-a70e-ea1863229397_story.html

Cheerios Get a Protein Boost
http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/05/27/general-mills-to-tap-into-protein-trend-with-cheerios-protein/

Can U.S. eliminate invasive species by eating them?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-eliminate-invasive-species-eating-23861717



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