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Health knowledge made personal
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Rutgers receives $10 million to study obesity (The Record)
Tue Dec 02 12:52:26 PST 2008
Rutgers University announced today that it has received a $10 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish an interdisciplinary institute that will focus on obesity.
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Grants to fight childhood obesity (South Bend Tribune)
Tue Dec 02 13:03:14 PST 2008
Local schools and community center-based programs can apply for grants of $500 or $1,000 to combat childhood obesity.
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UPDATE: Elementary school grant aims to curb childhood obesity (Columbia Missourian)
Tue Dec 02 14:07:44 PST 2008
COLUMBIA — Students from Grant and Lee elementary schools walked from school Tuesday morning to the YouZeum, where they were served a healthful breakfast made from local produce and delivered on bike. Columbia's Health Environment Policy Initiative plans to curb childhood obesity by encouraging...
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Local efforts to combat childhood obesity receive $400,000 grant (Columbia Missourian)
Tue Dec 02 08:38:12 PST 2008
COLUMBIA — Public health efforts in Columbia to combat childhood obesity are receiving a $400,000 boost. The grant will focus on making routine physical activity and health foods easily available to children. It is part of a $44 million initiative financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ...
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UnitedHealth Group Grants to Help Students and Educators Combat Childhood Obesity (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue Dec 02 12:48:00 PST 2008
UnitedHealth Group is giving Pennsylvania children the opportunity to become "health care heroes" by learning about childhood obesity, designing programs to address it and implementing the programs in their communities.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives city money to target childhood obesity (Somerville Journal)
Tue Dec 02 06:55:33 PST 2008
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a cornerstone of RWJF’s five-year, $500 million commitment to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by 2015.
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Chemical used in antifouling paints may promote obesity (News-Medical-Net)
Tue Dec 02 02:05:30 PST 2008
Tributyltin, a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of BioScience.
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UniCare Health Plan Offers Training to Medical Community To Help Combat Obesity in Kansas (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue Dec 02 07:00:00 PST 2008
According to the 2007 Kansas Youth Risk Behavior survey, 11 percent of high school students were obese and, more than half did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity. Research demonstrates that prevention is a key component to help combat the growing epidemic of obesity among youth ...
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Banning fast food commercials can reduce childhood obesity (The Naperville Sun)
Tue Dec 02 02:28:47 PST 2008
A new report came out recently concerning the benefits of banning fast food commercials for children. According to the report, eliminating fast food advertisements to children could reduce the national obesity rate by as much as 18 percent!
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Moms Find Fun, Healthy Snacks That Help Fight Childhood Obesity (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue Dec 02 06:15:00 PST 2008
A number of recent public research studies substantiate the rise in childhood obesity, the health risks in overweight children, and the questionable nutritional value of cereals and other foods kids consume.
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