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5/24/12 - Congressman says pizza is not a vegetable, introduces SLICE Act

5/24/12 Congressman says pizza is not a vegetable, introduces SLICE Act

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Boston Herald

"It sends a good message about the importance of healthy school foods, and that these decisions should be based on what's best for kids, not what's best for ...

5/14/12 - Whooping cough outbreak has public health officials wary

5/14/12 Whooping cough outbreak has public health officials wary

‎USA TODAY

This school year, the kindergarten religious exemption rate reached 5.8 percent statewide. Public health officials say the ideal is for at least 95 percent ...

5/7/12 - Vaccination Laws Lead to More Middle School Immunizations

5/7/12 Vaccination Laws Lead to More Middle School Immunizations

‎ABC News

A group of parents, health care providers recently lobbied against a bill in Vermont that would mandate vaccines for all school children by eliminating ...

4/27/12 - Some Schools Don't Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers

4/27/12 - Some Schools Don't Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers

‎U.S. News & World Report

By Serena Gordon (HealthDay News) -- Although all 50 states have laws that allow children with asthma to carry inhalers at school and 48 ...

2/24/12 - Study: SF Schools Shortchanging Kids On State-Mandated Gym Classes ‎

2/24/12 Study: SF Schools Shortchanging Kids On State-Mandated Gym Classes ‎

The San Francisco Appeal

To undertake the study, Shape Up San Francisco, which is staffed by the city's Department of Health, partnered with the San Francisco Unified School ...

2/21/12 - New Rules Planned for School Vending Machines Nationwide

2/21/12 New Rules Planned for School Vending Machines Nationwide

‎New York Times 

But now the Obama administration seems to be following in New York's footsteps and is considering imposing similar vending machine rules on all the nation's ...

2/8/12 - Snack bars and junk food common in schools: study

2/8/12 Snack bars and junk food common in schools: study

‎Chicago Tribune 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About half of all elementary school students can buy potato chips, ice cream or similar snacks in vending machines and at snack ...

1/25/12 - New School Lunch Rules Aimed at Reducing Obesity

1/25/12 New School Lunch Rules Aimed at Reducing Obesity

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New York Times

The rules are the first changes in 15 years to the $11 billion school lunch program. They will double the amount of fruits and vegetables children are ...

1/20/12 - Food Allergy Emergencies in Schools Now Better Addressed

1/20/12 Food Allergy Emergencies in Schools Now Better Addressed

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The State Journal-Register

Dareen Siri, MD, is a board-certified specialist in allergy, asthma and immunology at Springfield Clinic. By Dareen D. Siri MD, FAAAAI FACAAI Allergies to ...



1/10/12 - Schools pressed to do more to keep kids fit

1/10/12 Schools pressed to do more to keep kids fit

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News & Observer

Fifty-one percent of North Carolina's school district health advisory councils report that all of their elementary schools meet the 150-minute standard of ...

1/10/12 - Diabetic Teenagers More Likely To Drop Out Of High School And Face ...

1/10/12 Diabetic Teenagers More Likely To Drop Out Of High School And Face ...

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Medical News Today

A study in the January issue of Health Affairs has found that students in high school with diabetes are at a higher risk of not completing their secondary ...

1/5/12 - Want kids to do better in school? Give them recess

1/5/12 Want kids to do better in school? Give them recess

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msnbc.com

"It might mean going to school by bike ... Any kind of physical activity you can ... for physical education classes and other health and fitness exercises, ...

12/22/11 - Chronic School Absenteeism Linked to Mental Health Problems

12/22/11 Chronic School Absenteeism Linked to Mental Health Problems

‎MSN Health & Fitness

(HealthDay News) -- Children who miss school often are more likely to have symptoms of mental health problems as teens, a new study finds. ...

12/15/11 - Marijuana use up, alcohol use down among US teens: Report

12/15/11 Marijuana use up, alcohol use down among US teens: Report

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CBS News

But the "Monitoring the Future" survey also found that marijuana use is rising steadily among America's teens. The findings are based on a survey of 47000 ...

12/15/11 - School Obesity Rate Dips in New York From Healthy-Habit Programs

12/15/11 School Obesity Rate Dips in New York From Healthy-Habit Programs

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BusinessWeek

15 (Bloomberg) -- The obesity rate in grade school- aged children in New York dropped 5.5 percent between 2006 and 2010 as the city started programs to ...

12/6/11 - Recess and PE policies mean more activity for kids

12/6/11 Recess and PE policies mean more activity for kids

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Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - According to a new nationwide survey of elementary school principals, kids are more likely to get the ...

12/1/11 - Study finds one-third of children are too plump

12/1/11 Study finds one-third of children are too plump

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San Francisco Chronicle

While all six fitness areas give insight into student health, the body composition - using either body mass index or a skin-fold measurement - offers the ...

11/30/11 - Rewrite of School Lunch Rules Falls Short of Goals

11/30/11 Rewrite of School Lunch Rules Falls Short of Goals

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Education Week News - Nirvi Shah

Congress authorized the USDA to rewrite school-meal rules in the first place with last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The agency is ...

11/28/11 - Study: Doctors resist delaying key kid vaccines

11/28/11 Study: Doctors resist delaying key kid vaccines

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The Seattle Times - Carol M. Ostrom
Washington, according to the state Department of Health, had the nation's highest exemption rate in the 2009-2010 school year, with 6.2 percent of ..

11/23/11 - Elementary School an Ideal Place to Screen for Asthma

11/23/11 Elementary School an Ideal Place to Screen for Asthma

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Medscape - Fran Lowry

(Boston, Massachusetts) — The elementary school setting might be ideal for screening children for asthma, according to research presented ...