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Master Chef - as Harvard honours Jamie Oliver
It is a long way from an Essex pub: the celebrity-chef- turned-food-campaigner Jamie Oliver is picking up a prestigious Harvard award for his work to combat childhood obesity.
Close to markets or not, fat poor kids are different than fat rich kids
Greg Critser: Over the past decade, the American obesity epidemic has provoked a wide range of possible solutions, from soda-pop bans in elementary schools to salad bars in high school cafeterias. Here are some better ideas for LA from visiting blogger Greg Critser, author of "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World."
Temecula teacher imparts life lessons in new children’s books
David Yorke has finally gone international. David Yorke will appear at a book-signing release event at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 in . . . → Read More
After Mother's Day, Still Talking Family
Three major news magazines had cover stories last week focused on family - and not because this Sunday was Mother's Day.
Jamba Juice Takes Leadership Position in Health and Wellness
Jamba Juice Company , a leading healthy, active lifestyle company, took an unprecedented step in the fight against obesity, announcing today their formation of the Jamba® Healthy Living Council established with the goal to provide consumers with useful, practical information to help them live a healthier lifestyle.
Interview: Meet Award-Winning Author Fran Orenstein
Interview: Meet Award-Winning Author Fran Orenstein Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 06:29 a.m., Thursday, May 17, 2012 Gift a contemporary paranormal novel of love, loss, guilt and redemption. Fran Orenstein, Ed.D., award-winning author and poet, wrote ...
Horry County Schools fighting obesity
Many schools in Horry County are going beyond the state standards to keep kids in shape. This comes at a time when the country is holding panel discussions with medical experts trying to come up with solutions to end obesity and the government is giving out millions in health care grants.
Link Between Prepregnancy Obesity and Child Test Scores
Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function - as measured by math and reading tests taken between ages 5 to 7 years - than are mothers with a healthy prepregnancy weight, new research suggests.
State says no to bake sales in obesity battle- Study: 42 percent of US will be obese in 2030
Brownies, cupcakes and other sugar-laden contraband will be outlawed in Massachusetts public schools as health officials battle what they call crisis-level obesity in children.
Prepregnancy obesity linked to child test scores
Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function - as measured by math and reading tests taken between ages 5 to 7 years - than are mothers with a healthy prepregnancy weight, new research suggests.
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