Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word health. 7 news.

An inevitable consequences of advanced and rich economy is a fatter population, says a health economist and co-author of a new book, 'The Fattening America'.

For many Americans, the Internet has become the great problem solver. When facing a collection of conundrums, including health problems, tax issues and schooling choices, U.

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., the Or Yehuda, Israel, provider of business-integration and application-development technology, sold its Advanced Answers on Demand subsidiary to Fortissimo Capital for $17 million. Fortissimo is the Rosh ha'Ayin, Israel, investment firm. Magic expects to post a more than $9 million gain on the sale of AAOD, which develops software for application in long-term health care, including retirement facilities as well as home-health and rehabilitation agencies. As part of the deal, Magic has licensed to AAOD the right to continue to sell its product portfolio for three years.

WellCare and Encysive were among this year's big losers.

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A state health program for small businesses faces an uncertain future, losing millions of dollars a year and struggling with the needs of a sick population.

Entrepreneurs focus on boosting healthy lunch, snack choices Fighting childhood obesity has become a pet cause for Susan and Robert Rogers and their Hanover Park-based family-owned business, School Health Corp., a supplier to school nurses and athletic trainers.