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How to Reinvent the School Lunch and Get Kids to Eat Better
IDEO recently took on a particularly picky client: Kids. More specifically, kids who should be eating school lunches on the regular, but weren’t. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 21, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Liz Stinson Source Type: news

Health Department Supports ‘Road Diet’
It’s not often the Knox County Health Department expresses support for proposed road changes. But that’s exactly what the KCHD did Thursday in a news release, announcing “full support of the proposed ‘road diet’ on Fremont Street that includes a cent... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 19, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Tom Loewy Source Type: news

Vilsack Announces Healthy Food Grants for Minnesota Schools During St. Paul Visit
Minnesota schools will receive more than $465,000 in grants to buy food service equipment to serve healthier meals, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 18, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Liala Helal Source Type: news

Bikers, Walkers Make for Healthier Cities, Report Finds
Levels of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes are lower in cities where a higher percentage of commuters bicycle or walk to work, and cities where drivers get used to sharing the road with bikers and walkers generally have lower rates of pedest... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Larry Copeland Source Type: news

Grade School Students Getting Healthy, Fit
The nationally recognized Just Be It! Healthy & Fit youth nutrition program is being taught to 800 elementary school-age children in Rio Rancho public schools. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jane Moorman Source Type: news

Poll Finds Widespread Support for Health Policies in Schools
A Kentucky Health Issues Poll released today shows broad support among Kentuckians for health-related school policies. The poll found that 84 percent of adults in the state favored schools adopting tobacco-free policies, 78 percent supported the new ... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Laurel Wilson Source Type: news

Pregnancy Weight Gain Predicts Child’s Obesity
Gaining too much weight during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk that your child will be obese as a preschooler, new evidence shows. Gaining too little weight may have the same effect.     (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Source Type: news

SF Begins Debate Over Proposed Soda Tax Ballot Measure
Dueling sides in the soda-tax debate staked their ground Wednesday during City Hall’s first public hearing on the proposed November ballot measure. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Joshua Sabatini Source Type: news

City Program Aims to Alleviate Hunger in Public Schools
Hungry students can have difficulty concentrating, and can ultimately distract their teachers and classmates. New Brunswick government has found a way to solve this problem along with others by introducing a program to feed every elementary and middl... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 17, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Erin Petenko Source Type: news

Coca-Cola Sells More Drinks but Soda Dips
Coca-Cola sold more drinks in the first quarter, but it wasn't because of soda. The world's biggest beverage maker said Tuesday that its global sales volume for soda fell for first time in at least a decade. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 15, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Candace Choi Source Type: news

Program to Give Designation to Healthy Businesses
Louisiana is launching a new statewide health initiative to give a special designation to schools, businesses and organizations deemed to be making healthy choices. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 15, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news

Lessons in Play
After years in which many schools trimmed recess in order to spend more time drilling math and reading, the success of Playworks - now operating in 23 communities and 382 schools nationwide - is an indication that the jump rope may be swinging the ot... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 15, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Anndee Hochman Source Type: news

You Should Get a Tax Deduction for a Gym Membership
April marks another tax season when millions of Americans will deduct expenses related to home ownership, children, and education from their annual tax bill. We’re missing a great opportunity to save money on U.S. health care expenditures and save li... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 15, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jordan Metzl Source Type: news

Obesity Studies Tell Two Stories, Both Right
Researchers at the University of North Carolina published a paper last week that introduced another wrinkle into the debate about childhood obesity. They disputed recent findings that obesity among young children had fallen since 2004, arguing that a... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 14, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sabrina Tavernise Source Type: news

Sidewalk Dreams: Fort Worth Aims to Be a Walkable City
Dream up a homey image of a perfect neighborhood, and most will include sidewalks. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 12, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Caty Hirst Source Type: news