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December 29, 2003

窪蹋勛圖厙 researcher links rising tide of obesity to food prices

Obesity in the United States is in part an economic issue, according to a review paper on the relationship between poverty and obesity published in the January 2004 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The article suggests that the very low cost of energy-dense foods may be linked to rising obesity rates.

Potential for pathogens to evolve missing from emerging-disease models

With outbreaks of new and frightening infectious diseases such as SARS and monkey pox jumping from the animal kingdom to humans, tracking their spread is vital to public health efforts to contain them. A novel mathematical model now gives public health leaders another tool to assess the risk of new infectious disease emergence that emphasizes the potentially perilous role of pathogen evolution.

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SWEDISH SAVVY: The 窪蹋勛圖厙s Swedish Studies Program is one of the two top programs in the world, according to the Swedish Institute, the federal agency in Stockholm responsible for evaluating university programs throughout the world (the other winner is in Europe).