Sentences with phrase «action against obesity»

Governments across the world — including our own — have swung into action against obesity at least at the level of inquiries, recommendations and policy initiatives.

Not exact matches

If actions against childhood obesity do not take place it is likely that today's children could be the first generation in over a century to experience a decline in life expectancy due to the epidemic of childhood obesity which leads to complications in later life.

Forwards, not backwards There is a clear arrow of time that reaches from past interventions to tackle childhood obesity, through to current actions still trying to redress the balance, all set against future predictions of increasing levels of obesity.

There's a really interesting new post by Jane Genova over at Law And More predicting a possible resurrection of the obesity class action lawsuits against fast food companies.

So the extent to which obesity was relevant for selecting Mr Kaltoft as the only childminder to be dismissed was uncertain, but Mr Kaltoft contended that he was dismissed on account of his morbid obesity and he brought an action before the Disctrict Court claiming that he had been discriminated against due to his weight.