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New brief summarizes research on physical activity in after-school programs

July 2, 2012

Nearly one in three young people in the United States are overweight or obese and lack of physical activity contributes to the epidemic. Leading public health officials recognize after-school programs as an important setting for promoting physical activity and preventing...
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AMA will urge obesity education

June 22, 2012

June 21, 2012, Associated Press By Lindsey Tanner The American Medical Association (AMA) put its weight Wednesday behind requiring yearly instruction aimed at preventing obesity for public schoolchildren and teens. The AMA, the nation's largest physicians group, agreed to support...
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Study: Overweight kids may do worse in math

June 15, 2012

June 14, 2012, HealthDay By Serena Gordon Youngsters who are persistently overweight may not perform as well academically – specifically in math – as their normal-weight peers, new research suggests. Although the study didn't find a direct cause-and-effect relationship between being overweight...
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RWJF releases new funding opportunity to study the impact of sharing public health services

June 13, 2012

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently released a funding opportunity to study the impact of sharing services, resources, and functions across public health agencies and jurisdictions. Referred to as cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS), these arrangements range from informal agreements around...
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Promoting nutrition, Disney to restrict junk-food ads

June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012, The New York Times By Brooks Barnes The Walt Disney Company, in an effort to address concerns about entertainment’s role in childhood obesity, plans to announce on June 5 that all products advertised on its child-focused television channels,...
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The upside of peer pressure: social networks help kids exercise more

May 30, 2012

May 28, 2012, TIME By Alice Park Peer pressure can be a powerful force, and sometimes a positive one. For example, hanging out with active peers may lead kids to exercise more, making a child’s social network a potential vehicle...
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NCCOR member quoted: College students’ weighty choices bring obesity to forefront

May 24, 2012

May 23, 2012, Southern Maryland Online By Sydney Carter Control over their live choices is part of the college experience for students. But that authority is not without cost: Schedules are jammed and in-flux; exercise, homework, and friends all compete...
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More than half of overweight and obese adolescents have heart disease risk, CDC study says

May 22, 2012

Half the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. (more…)
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Active Living Research launches enhanced website

May 17, 2012

The Active Living Research (ALR) program recently redesigned their website, www.activelivingresearch.org, to make it easier for users to search for information and resources on active living and identify key evidence to help prevent childhood obesity and promote active communities. (more…)
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AGree charts path to address challenges facing the food and agriculture system

May 3, 2012

May 2, 2012, Agree Today at a panel discussion, AGree, an initiative designed to inform and address food and agriculture policy issues through the direct engagement of diverse groups, unveiled its vision for the global food and agriculture system in...
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