Where is the Rage in Communities of Color?
Every day we are bombarded with facts and figures that point to the poor health of people living in communities of color. We are more obese, our children are less likely to outlive their parents—the...
View ArticleChildhood Obesity: Are We Playing Russian Roulette With Our Kids Future?
Educators, policymakers and government officials have been working tirelessly to improve the academic achievement of America’s children at the local, state and national level. Yet drastic budget cuts,...
View ArticleIs America Willing to Pay the High Price for Childhood Obesity?
The measurements of childhood obesity go beyond the scales, the doctors’ offices, and health care dollars. Overweight and obese children are underperforming in the classroom and on standardized tests....
View ArticleThe Growing Obesity Epidemic Among Latino Youth
Obesity causes more than 15 percent of this country’s preventable deaths—more than alcohol, toxins, care accidents, gun-related deaths, drug abuse and STDs combined— and it causes a huge financial...
View ArticleImproving Health and Building Wealth: Meeting Two Goals with Many Strategies
What’s the most promising way to keep obesity prevention efforts going in this economic climate? Strategies that are good for health and business alike. The obesity crisis is threatening more than our...
View ArticlePlaying Smart: A New Guide to Help Communities Open the Schoolyards
We’ve never needed safe play spaces in our communities more than we do now. Nearly a third of kids and adolescents in America – and two-thirds of adults – are overweight or obese.Many are urged to get...
View ArticlePerceptions of Overweight: Parallels Between Obesity and Eating Disorders
At a family reunion that I recently attended, I was approached by one of my distant cousins with a revelation that immediately stopped me in my tracks: “I need to lose weight.” What was troubling about...
View ArticleOverweight Americans Have the Lowest Risk of Premature Death
Last year the Journal of the American Medical Association released a study aiming to determine the relationship between body mass index and the risk of premature death. Body mass index, or BMI, is the...
View ArticleBaltimore’s Big Soda Moment: Why Access to Sugary Drink Information Is a...
Baltimore’s corners are often associated with the public health threat presented by illicit drug dealing and use but there is another, more unassuming, danger lurking inside corner stores and...
View ArticleThe Power of Parks
If you were to take a drive through the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, your route may take you down the historic main street with its quaint shops and local eateries. Eventually, you would stop at Avenue...
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