Source: VOA News First Lady Michelle Obama Unveils Initiative to Battle Childhood Obesity and president Obama creates first-ever taskforce to fight childhood obesity. (English and Lao descriptions)
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Source: VOA News The World Health Organization says childhood obesity is a growing epidemic and is not restricted to industrialized nations. In fact, the WHO reports the rate of increase is greater in developing countries than in the developed world. (Link to Lao)
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Source: VOA News The World Health Organization’s emergency committee says it is premature to conclude that the H1N1 flu has peaked globally. WHO officials say there are too many uncertainties, and more information is needed. (Link to Lao)
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Source: Yahoo News More than two months have passed since Thailand forcibly returned 4,500 Hmong refugees who had fled from Laos. For Hmong in Sacramento and elsewhere in the United States who have family there, the plight of these refugees has been excruciating, and frustrating.
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