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Santa Ana Pueblo to Tackle Diabetes, Obesity Concerns with $20M Wellness Center
Santa Ana Pueblo on Saturday broke ground on a $20 million health and wellness center in an effort to turn the tide on rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other health concerns that have plagued Native American communities. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 12, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: news

Howard School Board Approves Wellness Policy
The Howard County Board of Education Thursday unanimously approved a health and wellness policy that's been more than a year in the making. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 11, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sara Toth Source Type: news

Colorado in Jeopardy from Childhood Obesity Challenges (Opinion)
In March, the Colorado Health Foundation Report Card gave the health of Colorado's kids a C, and childhood obesity contributes strongly to this grade. Colorado is not immune to this larger national crisis and still has a long way to go in raising hea... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 11, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gabriel Guillaume Source Type: news

Free Drinking Water Available to Most U.S. Kids at School Lunch
This study was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its research program Bridging t... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 9, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Robert Preidt Source Type: news

How Grocery Store Coupons Can Encourage Healthful Eating
The marketing company Linkwell Health says that in a recent experiment it was able to “nudge” — its word, not mine — people out of the prepared food aisles and toward the fruits and vegetables. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 8, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news

Severe Obesity May Be on the Rise in Kids
Data from very large national surveys show that all types of obesity are on the rise in American children, [researchers] report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 7, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Maggie Fox Source Type: news

Price Tag for Childhood Obesity: $19,000 per Kid
Over a lifetime, the medical costs associated with childhood obesity total about $19,000 per child compared with those for a child of normal weight, a new analysis shows. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 7, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Michelle Healy Source Type: news

Access to Good Food as Preventive Medicine
Of the 10,000 adults who reported that they had a chronic disease such as diabetes, asthma, arthritis, high blood pressure, stroke, a mental health problem, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nearly one in five said they said they had problems... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 7, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Erin N. Marcus Source Type: news

Strategies for Keeping Hawaii Slim (Opinion)
In Hawaii, the Healthy Hawaii Initiative is a statewide effort to encourage healthy lifestyles by increasing the rates of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and breast feeding. The HHI aims to reduce the rates of smoking, sedentary s... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 6, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jane Reily Source Type: news

Solano Attempts to Tackle Child Obesity Problem
Solano County teen Minica Champion-Benjamin is mad. She said she wants to eat well, but in surveying neighborhood stores she found no fruits or vegetables, just plenty of junk food, candy, chips and sugared sodas. It's no wonder, she said, so many yo... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 6, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sarah Rohrs Source Type: news

Got Water? 'Hydration Stations' Encourage North Coast Students to Lay off Sugary Beverages
A program run by the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services is trying to get North Coast students to put down the soda can and pick up the water bottle. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 6, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Jillian Singh Source Type: news

Getting Students in Shape Is All Fun & Games at Cameron High School
According to physical education teacher Richard Moffo, students who may not usually be interested in traditional gym classes are very enthusiastic about playing games and don't even realize they are getting exercise while playing. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 6, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sarah Harmon Source Type: news

Durham Schools Boost Anti-Obesity Effort
As director of child nutrition for Durham Public Schools, James Keaten is transforming cafeterias into places where fresh fruits and vegetables are replacing junk food. What may be surprising is that students, for the most part, love it. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 4, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Keith Upchurch Source Type: news

Summer Shouldn’t Mean Hunger for our Nation’s Children (Opinion)
As a child, I always looked forward to the carefree joy of summertime. I remember the long days of playing outside at a nearby park until I needed to come home for lunch. Unfortunately, many of our nation’s children do not experience the simple joys ... (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 4, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Kevin Concannon Source Type: news

Boulder, Colo., Residents Still Least Likely to Be Obese
Boulder, Colo., continues to have the lowest obesity rate in the nation, at 12.4%. Residents of Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio, were the most likely to be obese in 2012-2013, at 39.5%. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 4, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rebecca Rifkin Source Type: news