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MDPA Announces Keynote Speakers for Inaugural Childhood Obesity Marketing Conference
MDPA to hold its first ever Conference on Communicating Childhood Obesity Prevention and Policy.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 Marketing Disease Prevention in America (MDPA), a leading conference, training and publishing company for disease prevention marketing, announced its full agenda for the inaugural Conference on Communicating Childhood Obesity Prevention and Policy, March 20-21 ...
Personal care products chemical may up childhood obesity rates
Washington, Jan 21 : Exposure to chemical group phthalates, which are commonly used in plastic flooring and wall coverings, food processing materials, medical devices, and personal-care products, could play a role in rising childhood obesity rates, a new study has revealed.
Michelle Obama beats Jimmy Fallon in White House fitness challenge
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign.
U.S. Obesity Rates Have Leveled Off — But Why?
One thing is clear, though: the obesity epidemic hasnt reversed. Americans arent getting any thinner, nor are populations in other countries.
Survey of elementary school student access to food in vending machines, snack bars, other venues
About half of all public and private elementary school students could buy food in one or more competitive venues on campus (vending machines, school stores, snack bars or a la carte lines) by the 2009-2010 school year and sugary foods were available to almost all students with access to these options, according to a report published in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...
'Seven-year itch' myth debunked
Washington, Feb 6 : Researchers have invalidated five commonly accepted but incorrect assumptions often heard in daily life.
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TUCSON - With childhood obesity on the rise, local schools like to promote walking and cycling to class. Students at Laguna Elementary on the northwest side of town have a difficult time doing that, because they don't have proper sidewalks.
Carole Carson: Slow Cooking: Maidu Indian Style
As I gathered and shelled acorns under our tree, it was easy to imagine Maidu women in the same place, doing the same thing many years ago. It gave me a great feeling of kinship with the Native Americans.
MDPA President to Take the Kid’s Meal Challenge
Scott Ehrlich will undergo a 28-day diet of only kid’s meals to test health effectsAtlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 On January 17th, MDPA President Scott Ehrlich began the Kid’s Meal Challenge, where he will consume only kid’s meals thrice a day for 28 days to test the effects of the meals on his health. Ehrlich created this challenge in order to test whether or not kid’s meals actually ...
Preventing obesity in aboriginal kids needs to start with parental support: study
OTTAWA - Strategies to prevent obesity among aboriginal children must begin with an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape their broader community, a study suggests.
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