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Recent News & Comments About adolescent and obesity programs
New U.Va center aims to prevent risky behavior
CHARLOTTESVILLE Smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, obesity, gangs, bullying, eating disorders, sex, school dropout, speeding the prevention of risky adolescent behaviors like these is the goal of a new center at the Curry School of Education, Youth-Nex: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
Now a Green Bay Packer, James Starks returns to Falls to talk to students
It has been five years since James Starks graduated from Niagara Falls High School.
James S. Marks: Friendly Fire in Prevention?
It's worth noting that prevention and public health were prominent in the national debate on health reform. And it is a big step that prevention...
Childhood obesity targeted in South Jersey
New Jersey adults top the list when it comes to healthy weights, but children in the state are sagging someplace in the middle.
Sealed with a kick
Man, do we get mail. It sometimes peaks around 10,000 words of correspondence a week.
Is Childhood Obesity a Sign of Neglect?
The issue of whether parents whose children are obese should be charged with neglect has fueled debate and generated controversial court cases
BEN column - How dare The News give front-page coverage to Fed-Up 4U's problems; WCLL says thanks; Forever 21 stores ...
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Is childhood obesity a symptom of neglect?
The issue of whether parents whose children are obese should be charged with neglect has fueled debate and generated controversial court cases, but, according to an article published this week in BMJ, so far there is little research analyzing negligence and obesity and particularly whether obese children who are put into foster care fare [...]
Annual Federal Statistics Compilation Reports Second Straight Decline In Preterm Births
Preterm births and adolescent births declined, eighth graders' math and reading scores increased, and more children had health insurance, according to the federal governments annual statistical report on the well-being of the nations children and youth.
Your Legal Corner: Senior independence
Officially, the Fourth of July commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, a primary sponsor of the Declaration of Independence, believed in the people's ability to govern themselves.
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