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Article: U.S. Surgeon General Joins Forces With National Health Coalition to Promote Principles Behind Healthy Weight Loss.
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- October 18, 2005
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New Campaign Educates the Public About How to Lose Weight Most Effectively
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when an estimated 65 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, a coalition of consumer, nutrition and public health groups has joined forces with the U.S. Surgeon General to drive home this important message: how you lose weight matters.
Because many overweight Americans have fallen prey to the come-ons of diet books and infomercials that promise a "revolutionary approach" to successful weight loss, the Partnership for Essential Nutrition has joined forces with Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Surgeon ...