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Childhood obesity increases in Arizona
Arizonans may have taken a sigh of relief with the recent Proposition 100 passing that threatened to end many school programs, such as music, art and physical education. However, the security of PE for at least a few more years must have been a greater relief to the skyrocketing number of those with obese or overweight children in Arizona.
Mary Ann Liebert launches Childhood Obesity journal to promote clinical advances
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert announced the launch of Childhood Obesity to provide physicians, nurses, dietitians, diabetes educators, nutritionists, psychologists, educators and school nurses, community organizers, and policymakers with effective prevention and treatment strategies that promote environmental and policy changes, patient education and motivation tools, and clinical advances in the ...
Leading Civil Rights Organizations Unite to Fight Childhood Obesity
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A $2 million initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is bringing together five civil rights organizations with the prominence and strength to help reverse childhood obesity, especially in African-American and Latino communities where the epidemic continues to hit hardest. Over the next 16 months, the groups will aim individually and ...
Most US kids see fewer food ads on television: study
Most US kids saw fewer TV food ads between 2003 and 2007, but black kids were bombarded with more calorie-rich advertising than whites, a study showed Monday.
Renowned Experts, Drs. Craig Johnson and Ovidio Bermudez, Join Eating Recovery Center Clinical Team
Denver, CO September 7, 2010 Eating Recovery Center www.EatingRecoveryCenter.com today announced that two of the nations foremost eating disorders experts have joined its executive team. Craig Johnson, PhD, FAED, CEDS, has been named chief clinical officer of Eating Recovery Center and Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FAED, CEDS, will become the medical director of ...
The California Endowment Launches Statewide Effort to Educate Californians About the Benefits of the Health Care Law
LOS ANGELES----The California Endowment today announced a major statewide health consumer education effort to raise awareness of the facts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010.
Families work together to fight obesity
When a parent and child work out together, there's an attitude change for the better.
Independence Blue Cross Continues Support for Pennsylvania's Active Schools Program
Independence Blue Cross is continuing the partnership it launched last year with the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education to support the state's Active Schools fitness program, which aims to reduce childhood obesity and increase student exercise.
Nashville Parks And Vanderbilt Pediatrics Awarded $12 Million To Fight Childhood Obesity
Vanderbilt's Department of Pediatrics, in partnership with Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, has been awarded a $12 million, seven-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for an ambitious project aimed at stopping obesity in preschoolers before it can take hold. The project, entitled "Growing Right Onto Wellness (GROW): Changing Early Body Mass Index (BMI ...
Nashville Parks and Vanderbilt Pediatrics Awarded $12 Million to Fight Childhood Obesity
Vanderbilt's Department of Pediatrics, in partnership with Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, has been awarded a $12 million, seven-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for an ambitious project aimed at stopping obesity in preschoolers before it can take hold.
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