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The World Health Report 2002 estimated that more than 2.5 million deaths annually are weight related and forecast this could rise to 5 million by 2020.
BBC: Obesity epidemic tops 1.7bn
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The study, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, is the first report of a federally funded tracking survey of the mental health needs of about a thousand adult pre-hurricane residents of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
NPR: Mental Issues Surge, Suicide Rates Flat Post-Katrina
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The WHO's 1998 World Health Report points to a number of demographic developments.
BBC: How long should you expect to live?
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The legislation meets some of the recommendations outlined in a World Health Organization report on smoking in Russia published in 2011.
BBC: Russia Duma votes to ban smoking in public spaces
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According to a 1999 report from the World Health Organization, 97 percent of Egyptian women and girls have undergone the barbaric practice of genital mutilation.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Lara Logan and the media rules
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It is consistently one of the highest-rated health plans in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
FORBES: Big Data: Big Costs, Big Risks And Big Opportunity
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The main feature of the Living Planet Report is the Living Planet Index which tracks the health of the world's ecosystems by monitoring 9, 000 populations of more than 2, 600 species.
CNN: Earth 'going downhill' as consumption rises, report says
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The report - prepared in association with the World Health Organisation - said that while only small fluctuations in impact have been seen over the years with other causes of death, the Aids curve was rising sharply.
BBC: Aids Africa's top killer
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Dr Jillian Johnston, Specialist Registrar, Public Health Agency, said that the report was being released in advance of World AIDS Day on Saturday to raise awareness about HIV.
BBC: Number living with HIV in Northern Ireland rises 10%
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The employment report will give investors a chance to check on the health of the world's largest economy, just days after the Federal Reserve completed its latest policy meeting, as well as releasing preliminary fourth quarter growth data that surprised on the downside.
WSJ: Chinese Data Supports Asian Shares