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California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but successes are uneven
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A new study released today offers hope that California may finally be getting a handle on its 30-year battle with childhood obesity, but it also showcases a patchwork of progress that leaves the majority of the state's counties still registering increases in obesity rates among school-age children.
November 09, 2011
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but successes are uneven
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A new study released today offers hope that California may finally be getting a handle on its 30-year battle with childhood obesity, but it also showcases a patchwork of progress that leaves the majority of the state's counties still registering increases in obesity rates among school-age children.
November 09, 2011
Out of reach? Rural elders have high rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease
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Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

June 14, 2011
Out of reach? Rural elders have high rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease
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Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

June 14, 2011
APHA 2010: Health care reform, soda and obesity, Latino health and more are the subject of nearly th
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Health care reform. Immigrant health. Lesbian, gay and bisexual health data. Mental health.  These and other urgent health and health policy issues are the subjects of 33 presentations at the 2010 American Public Health Association that feature Center researchers or data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
October 22, 2010
APHA 2010: Health care reform, soda and obesity, Latino health and more are the subject of nearly th
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Health care reform. Immigrant health. Lesbian, gay and bisexual health data. Mental health.  These and other urgent health and health policy issues are the subjects of 33 presentations at the 2010 American Public Health Association that feature Center researchers or data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
October 22, 2010
Obesity Rising Among Low-Income Teens
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Although recent research has shown that obesity rates are leveling off among children generally, a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that obesity prevalence significantly increased among lower-income California teens between 2001 and 2007.

September 30, 2010
Obesity Rising Among Low-Income Teens
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Although recent research has shown that obesity rates are leveling off among children generally, a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that obesity prevalence significantly increased among lower-income California teens between 2001 and 2007.

September 30, 2010
Obesity, diabetes epidemics continue to grow in California
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A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. 

Both conditions — which are related to each other as well as to heart disease — increased significantly in just six years, with the prevalence of diabetes alone jumping nearly 26 percent between 2001 and 2007.

August 31, 2010
Obesity, diabetes epidemics continue to grow in California
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A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. 

Both conditions — which are related to each other as well as to heart disease — increased significantly in just six years, with the prevalence of diabetes alone jumping nearly 26 percent between 2001 and 2007.

August 31, 2010
Bubbling over: New research shows direct link between soda and obesity
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While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released today provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play in fueling California’s expanding girth.
September 17, 2009
Bubbling over: New research shows direct link between soda and obesity
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While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released today provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play in fueling California’s expanding girth.
September 17, 2009
New factor in teen obesity: parents
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​ Los Angeles - There may be a reason teenagers eat more burgers and fries than fruits and vegetables: their parents.

In a new policy brief released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, researchers found that adolescents are more likely to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day if their parents do. Contrarily, teens whose parents eat fast food or drink soda are more likely to do the same.
February 09, 2009
New factor in teen obesity: parents
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​ Los Angeles - There may be a reason teenagers eat more burgers and fries than fruits and vegetables: their parents.

In a new policy brief released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, researchers found that adolescents are more likely to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day if their parents do. Contrarily, teens whose parents eat fast food or drink soda are more likely to do the same.
February 09, 2009
Obesity among California's low-income teens nearly triple that of more affluent peers
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​ December 10, 2008 - California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda. Fast food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise.

The result: low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 10, 2008
Obesity among California's low-income teens nearly triple that of more affluent peers
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​ December 10, 2008 - California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda. Fast food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise.

The result: low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
December 10, 2008