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|  Firms Use Carrot, Stick to Encourage Healthy Habits [October 31, 2007] Firms are cracking down on the health of employees. Clarian Health recently revised plans to penalize workers for smoking, high blood pressure, or a body mass index over a certain limit. Monitoring workers' health is a growing trend; it costs more to insure smokers and overweight people.
|  | Obese people face bigger cancer risk, study finds [October 31, 2007] LONDON (AFP) - Obese people have a higher risk of certain kinds of cancer, according to a report Wednesday which found that red meat and processed meats cause bowel cancer.
|  | Report stresses link between obesity and cancer [October 31, 2007] LONDON (Reuters) - Keeping slim is one of the best ways of preventing cancer, as is avoiding excessive amounts of red meat and wine, a landmark study has revealed.
|  | W.Va. unveils tool to help fight obesity [October 30, 2007] CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia is hoping that a little wheel can make a big difference in the state's obesity problem. The wheel is a body mass index calculator, a low-tech tool that will be distributed to doctors across the state as part of a new effort to get physicians to recognize obesity early in their patients.
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