<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>obesity prevalence &#8211; SaintPetersBlog</title>
	<atom:link href="https://saintpetersblog.com/tag/obesity-prevalence/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/</link>
	<description>Life and politics from the Sunshine State&#039;s best city</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:30:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://saintpetersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-spb-browser-icon-32x32.png</url>
	<title>obesity prevalence &#8211; SaintPetersBlog</title>
	<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>Study shows more than a third of Florida youth are overweight</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/study-shows-third-florida-youth-overweight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew Wilson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity prevalence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overweight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overweight prevalence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintpetersblog.com/?p=287621</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[More than a third of Florida youths are overweight or obese according a report released Tuesday by the Trust for Americans Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report is based on data released through the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC) and published on stateofobesity.org. The 2017 numbers are the first new data on U.S. childhood obesity since 2012, and according to that data Florida kids are becoming more overweight. According to the report, 36.7 percent of 10-&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>USDA says soda taxes really work</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/usda-says-soda-taxes-really-work/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Apolitical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Journal of Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity prevalence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overweight prevalence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugary drinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes on sodas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight issues]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://saintpetersblog.com/?p=7101</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By analogy with cigarettes, taxes on sodas might discourage people—especially young people—from consuming sugary drinks. This might help with weight issues. According to a new analysis by USDA economists, A tax-induced 20-percent price increase on caloric sweetened beverages could cause an average reduction of 37 calories per day, or 3.8 pounds of body weight over a year, for adults and an average of 43 calories per day, or 4.5 pounds over a year, for children. Given these reductions in calorie consumption,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
