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	<title>Fight the Obesity Epidemic</title>
	<link>http://foe.org.nz</link>
	<description>Stop our children developing type 2 diabetes.</description>
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		<title>US: TV Ads Linked to Unhealthy Diets in Young Adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast food and alcohol advertising on television have a negative influence on young people&#8217;s weight and underage drinking, researchers say.
Read more: MedPage Today, 29 April 2012
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/30/us-tv-ads-linked-to-unhealthy-diets-in-young-adults/</link>
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		<title>US: How Washington went soft on childhood obesity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the political arena, one side is winning the war on child obesity.  The side with the fattest wallets.&#8221;
 An excellent piece on how the US government is influenced by agressive lobbying from the food and beverage industries.
Read more: Reuters, 27 April 2012
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/30/us-how-washington-went-soft-on-childhood-obesity/</link>
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		<title>Obesity News 160</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity News is FOE’s regular round-up of news relating to obesity-prevention from around the world.
Read the 26 April 2012 issue
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/26/obesity-news-160/</link>
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		<title>NZ: ANZ Obesity Society Conference, October 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aucland is hosting Australia NZ Obesity Society&#8217;s annual scientific meeting this October. Early bird registration now open.
Find out more about the ANZOS 2012 conference
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/12/nz-anz-obesity-society-conference-october-2012/</link>
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		<title>Obesity News 159</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity News is FOE’s regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world.
Read the 4 April 2012 issue
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/10/obesity-news-159/</link>
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		<title>US: Effectiveness of Front of Package Food Labelling Systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The British Multiple Traffic Light front-of-package labelling system has red, yellow, and green symbols. They show which foods to eat sparingly, in moderation, or freely. A new review shows this system best helps consumers identify healthier products.
Read the research: Public Health Nutrition, Online 7 Feb 2012 (PDF)
Read more about the research: Rudd Radar, 9 Apr [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/04/10/us-effectiveness-of-front-of-package-food-labelling-systems/</link>
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		<title>NZ: Milo diverts attention to physical activity in new marketing campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Milo PLAY Movement
A report commissioned by food manufacturer Nestle Milo has been getting a lot of media coverage recently. It claims to show that “nearly 1 in 2 (46%) children don’t play every day.” 
The report is so shoddy that it doesn’t even give the question asked to obtain this finding, let alone say whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/03/25/milo-diverts-attention-to-physical-activity-in-new-marketing-campaign/</link>
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		<title>NZ: State to trim fat by targeting mums-to–be in obesity battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State to target mums-to-be
The government is set to reduce funding for adult nutrition programmes and will instead target pregnant women to tackle the obesity crisis. 
FOE says: nothing wrong in targeting future mums, but again the focus is on ineffective education rather than changing the food environment to make healthy choices easier.
Read more: Dominion Post/Stuff, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/03/13/nz-state-to-trim-fat-by-targeting-mums-to%e2%80%93be-in-obesity-battle/</link>
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		<title>Obesity News 158</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity News is FOE’s regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world.
Read the 12 March 2012 issue
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/03/12/obesity-news-158/</link>
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		<title>Australian and NZ stakeholders divided on nutrition labelling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nutrition Labelling: Australia NZ highlight stakeholder division
This &#8216;management briefing&#8217; looks at the debate between industry, government and campaigners in Australia and New Zealand on what to put on front-of-pack nutrition labels.
Read more: Just Food, 1 Mar 2012
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		<link>http://foe.org.nz/2012/03/05/australian-and-nz-stakeholders-divided-on-nutrition-labelling/</link>
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