http://mikibo.com/news/feed/ Latest health news from around the world. en-us General Mills is to change the packaging of some of its products as well as embark on a new marketing campaign in an effort to promote good nutrition to children. The food giant last week confirmed ...Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=45http://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=45The Government is failing to tackle Britain's obesity crisis over fears of being branded a "nanny state", an expert has said. Professor Peter Kopelman called for "less talk and more action" and sai ...Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=44http://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=44A research project undertaken at the University of Navarra reveals that the antioxidant substances present in fruit reduce cardiovascular risks related with obesity. The study focused on evaluating th ...Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=43http://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=43A study from the University of Rochester Medical Center has found that abdominal obesity increased more than 65 percent among U.S. children between 1988 and 2004. This finding is significant because a ...Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=42http://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=42About 20% of the more than 1 billion overweight people in the World are Chinese. China is often overlooked when discussing the obesity crisis that is sweeping the developed World because the prevalenc ...Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=41http://www.mikibo.com/news/content56.php?cid=41