California hospitals take obesity fight to supermarketsIrvine, United States- Enter a US supermarket and the dilemma is all-too common: Will what I buy be healthy? Sara Foronda worries about diabetes, which runs in her family, and struggles to look away from alluring cookies on display. Nutrition TrainingObesity is an epidemic in the United States, affecting 32.6 percent of the population, according to the World Health Organization, and 36.5 percent, according to the US government. The program aims to indirectly fight obesity by being focused on education, "almost training in nutrition," Afable said. At the Irvine supermarket, the fight for healthier eating begins at the entrance, where a smiling Marina Sarwary offers to take customers' blood pressure.

Source: The China Post November 30, 2016 20:02 UTC