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USDA’s new nutrition standards mean healthier food options in school vending machines and snack bars

July 3, 2013

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on June 27 that under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new "Smart Snacks in School" nutrition standards, America's students will be offered healthier food options during the school day. "Nothing is more important than...
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American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids’ Request for Award

June 19, 2013

BACKGROUND Over the past four decades, obesity rates have soared among all age groups.  Today, nearly one-third of children and adolescents in the United States are either overweight or obese. Obese and overweight children and adolescents are more likely to...
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National parks dishing up healthier fare this summer

June 7, 2013

By Nanci Hellmich Visitors to the national parks this summer will not only get a taste of nature, they'll get a taste of healthier fare at the parks' restaurants, snack bars, and stores. On June 5 the National Park Service...
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Future of fitness: St. Paul school at forefront of measuring student health

May 9, 2013

By Mila Koumpilova Carolyn Will once got stomachaches as she braced for the annual Presidential Physical Fitness Test, the decades-old staple of gym class. But her son, a fourth-grader at St. Thomas More Catholic School in St. Paul, looks forward to...
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McDonald’s fined in Brazil for pushing Happy Meals to children

April 29, 2013

By Brad Haynes A consumer protection agency in Brazil has taken aim at the Happy Meal, fining McDonald's Corp on April 22 for targeting children with its advertising and toys. The Procon agency in the state of Sao Paulo fined the fast-food company 3.2 million reais...
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A comprehensive menu labeling standard is needed to support healthy choices

April 24, 2013

This article was co-authored by former Secretaries Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman. In an effort to help Americans make more informed food choices, the Affordable Care Act created a national menu labeling standard for food establishments with 20 or...
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After years of recess erosion, schools try to get kids moving again

March 28, 2013

By Liz Goodwin At 9:30 a.m. sharp on a Tuesday morning, all 1,200 elementary school students at PS 166 in Queens, N.Y. stood up and began doing jumping jacks in unison with a Beatles song blaring over the loudspeaker. In...
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The Office of Disease Prevention is seeking public comment on its strategic plan

March 25, 2013

The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is currently seeking public comment on the development of its strategic plan for the next five years. The mission of the ODP is to improve public...
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Heart healthy habits in childhood may prevent future disease

March 7, 2013

Teaching children heart healthy habits now can help protect them from heart disease when they're adults, an expert says. "The process of atherosclerosis, which is the hardening of the arteries and is known to cause heart attacks, strokes, and sudden...
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In many families, exercise is by appointment only

March 5, 2013

By Jane Greenhalgh and Patti Neighmond Most families know that their kids need to exercise. In a poll that NPR recently conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, practically all of the parents surveyed said...
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