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Woman Makes Slimming Down Mississippi Town Her Mission [VIDEO]

Although two-thirds of Mississippi residents are overweight, one woman has made it her mission to encourage her town to lose the weight -- and the bad reputation.

Sorry Sarah Palin: Michelle Obama Teaming Up With Wal-Mart on Anti-Obesity Campaign

Has Wal-Mart gone liberal? At a community center in Southeast Washington on Thursday, the nation's largest retailer announced it was joining forces with first lady Michelle Obama in an effort to promote healthy eating, The Washington Post reported. Wal-Mart executives said the company would lower prices on healthier...

Obamas Pledge School Meals Will Be More Nutritious

(Dec. 13) -- It takes a mere 6 cents per meal to increase the number of fruits and vegetables on the lunch menus of the nation's public schools, according to advocates of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law today at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, D.C. The...

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: 5 Questions Answered About the New Law

(Dec. 13) -- President Barack Obama worked a little more bipartisan magic today by signing his nutrition bill into law, and that should help him when it comes to getting a good night's rest. Speaking from Harriet Tubman Middle School with first lady Michelle Obama by his side, the president joked that he would be...

Science: Bottle-Fed Babies Guzzle Themselves Obese

(Sept. 30) -- Does your bottle-fed baby just love to lay down with a plastic teat firmly entrenched between her little lips? Do her cherubic cheeks swell with infant formula that gushes freely into her rotund belly? Your baby is bottle-feeding herself into a lifetime of obesity, because she's just not working hard enough...