Community Health Digest

11/10/09 Community Health Works, Houston and Bibb County Schools, and Health Teacher...

11/10/09 Community Health Works, Houston and Bibb County Schools, and HealthTeacher ...

Business Wire (press release)

The study finds that in 30 states, the childhood obesity rate is reaching epidemic proportions with 30% of state's children being overweight. ...

11/06/09 Physical Education Key to Improving Health in Low-Income Adolescents

11/06/09 Physical Education Key To Improving Health In Low-income Adolescents

Science Daily (press release)

... a statewide program that aims to fight childhood obesity and to develop policy changes that will reduce risk factors for diabetes and obesity. ...

11/04/09 The California Endowment, Consortium of Foundations Address the Role of Health...

11/04/09 The California Endowment, Consortium of Foundations Address the Role of Health ...

Reuters

The project will explore the complex connection between health and education with the goal of developing policy recommendations that foster healthy and ...

11/3/09 - What direct link is there between healthy behaviors and student achievement?

11/3/09 What direct link is there between healthy behaviors and student achievement?

Yakima Herald-Republic

Thirteen risk factors were evaluated: Cigarette smoking, alcohol use, marijuana use, obesity, severe asthma, not eating breakfast, insufficient fruits and ...

11/02/09 More Kids Have Diabetes, Fewer Schools Have Nurses

11/2/09 More kids have diabetes, fewer schools have nurses

USA Today - Mary Brophy Marcus

... day for blood sugar checks, insulin and snacks if needed, says nurse practitioner Jacqueline Kelderhouse with Montefiore's School Health Program there. ...

10/28/09 Study Shows Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools

10/28/09 Study Shows Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools

Reuters

The goal of the Alliance is to reduce the nationwide prevalence of childhood obesity by 2015, and to empower kids nationwide to make healthy lifestyle ...

10/22/09 EI Paso County Serves as a Model for Obesity Prevention

10/22/09  El Paso County Serves As A Model For Obesity Prevention

Science Daily (press release)

Hoelscher believes statewide mandates for coordinated school health programs, the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy, school health advisory councils and ...

10/21/09 Obama Administration Expands Efforts to Improve School Meals and Children's Health

10/21/09 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EXPANDS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL MEALS AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH

USDA.gov (press release)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2009 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Obama Administration is expanding the ...

10/20/09 Report Urges Calorie Cap in School Lunches

10/20/09 Report urges calorie cap in school lunches

Newsday

Those standards don't restrict the number of calories students are offered, even as childhood obesity rates climb. Marge McCarrick, food service director ...

10/15/09 - Study Shows a Little Money Buys a Lot of Calories at City Corner Stores

10/15/09 Study Shows a Little Money Buys a Lot of Calories at City Corner Stores

Diabetes Health (press release) 

This press release is an announcement submitted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and was not written by Diabetes Health. October 12, 2009. ...

10/13/09 - Phone Counseling Can Help Teens With Smoking Cessation

10/13/09 Phone Counseling Can Help Teens With Smoking Cessation

eMaxHealth - Tyler Woods 

If people can stay away from tobacco in their teens, says the American Cancer Society, most would never start using it later in life. ...

10/13/09 Special Edition of the State Education Standard Highlights Education...

10/13/09 Special Edition of the State Education Standard Highlights Education ...

Reuters

State boards of education are at the nexus of student health and education policy, providing them with the opportunity to help children learn about healthy ...

10/13/09 Stretching the Curriculum: Seattle Schools Standardize PE

10/13/09 Stretching the curriculum: Seattle schools standardize PE

News & Observer - Marnette Federis

Proponents of the curriculum say that it's a step toward addressing the nation's growing childhood obesity problem. Seattle could serve as a model for how ...

10/7/09 Combining Health, Contraceptive Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies..

10/7/09 Combining Health, Contraceptive Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies - ...

Health Behavior News Service - Glenda Fauntleroy

... that comprehensive sexuality education is not related to greater promiscuity, but rather delayed initiation, lower STI rates and reduced teen pregnancy. ...

10/6/09 Retailers, NGOs and Food and Beverage Industry Launch National...

10/6/09 Retailers, NGOs and Food and Beverage Industry Launch National ...

PR Newswire (press release)

... of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year effort designed to help reduce obesity -- especially childhood obesity -- by 2015. ...

10/6/09 Fewer Schools Sell Students Snacks

10/6/09 Fewer Schools Sell Students Snacks

Wall Street Journal

The report marks a continued effort by health officials to combat childhood obesity. "Efforts to improve the school nutrition environment are working and ...

9/29/09 High Risk Students in School Weight Loss Program Lose While Others...

9/29/09 High Risk Students in School Weight Loss Program Lose While Others ...

PR Newswire (press release)

In fact, severe childhood obesity has increased more than 70%( )over 15 years in this population. Dr. John Foreyt, Director of the Behavioral Research ...

9/28/09 AT&T, United Way Worldwide Launch

9/28/09 AT&T, United Way Worldwide Launch Family Engagement Program to ...

PR Newswire (press release)

United Way in the US has set ambitious national goals in education, income and health - including cutting the nation's high school dropout rate in half by ...

9/28/09 Children with Positive Outlooks are Better Learners

9/28/09 Children With Positive Outlooks Are Better Learners

LiteracyNews.com

The students who took the program reported more enjoyment and engagement in school. The teachers reported those students were more curious about what they ...

9/25/09 - Action Steps for Parents to Protect Your Child and Family from the ...

9/25/09 Action Steps for Parents to Protect Your Child and Family from the ...

eNews Park Forest 

... of serious disease from the flu include: children under 5 years of age and those children with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma and diabetes. ...