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WebThe Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center is building a movement to promote healthy lifestyles for our children in order to ensure they grow up at a healthy weight. Whether it’s …

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Efforts Continue to Understand Societal Impact on Health

WebLea en español. It’s still too early to know precisely how these things impact heart disease, stroke and other major health problems. But, as work continues to fully understand these …

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Strong Wellness Policies Support Health Before, During and After …

WebThe American Heart Association, Inc. (the "Association") is proud to bring you the Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center website, designed to offer you the ability to …

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Neighborhood Life Expectancy Estimates Are a Powerful New Tool …

WebResearchers for the United States Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP) calculated the life expectancy estimates based on the number and age of …

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Alliance for a Healthier Generation has Announced the 2018 list of

WebAmerica’s Healthiest Schools earned the distinction by successfully meeting a rigorous set of criteria for serving healthier meals and snacks, getting students moving more, offering …

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Survey Reveals Students Believe in Importance of Health Classes

WebSHAPE America and myCollegeOptions recent survey revealed that 92% of high school students who have taken a physical education class believe it is important to their future …

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Equity Through Access to Healthy Food in New York

WebWhat does it look like to help almost a quarter of the New York City residents living in lower-income communities with limited access to healthy food retail?

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DC Greens: Overcoming Food Insecurity in the Nation’s Capital

WebAugust 2, 2018. Share: Facebook Twitter. One of the core tenants for DC Greens, a grantee of Voices for Healthy Kids, is addressing food policy head on by shifting the power to the …

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Voices for Healthy Kids Grant Opportunities Now Available

WebVoices for Healthy Kids will advance coordinated state, local, and tribal public policy issue advocacy campaigns focused on healthy eating and active living, and will …

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Hiding Under a Health Halo: An Interview with Harold Goldstein

WebThe American Heart Association, Inc. (the "Association") is proud to bring you the Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center website, designed to offer you the ability to …

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From Teaching Kids to Working for Their Health

WebWhat do you do after 18 years of teaching high school? For PreventObesity.net Leader Ned Barrett, the answer was obvious: work for a nonprofit!It runs in his family, he says. Now, …

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Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Highlighted During MOST …

WebThe Maryland Out of School Time (MOST) Network held their seventh annual statewide conference on January 5 & 6 in Ellicott City, Maryland, celebrating the community of out …

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Meet PreventObesity.net’s 1,000th Leader

WebOur little network of childhood obesity advocates hit a major milestone this week when we officially approved Vicki Jenkins as our thousandth PreventObesity.net …

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Alliance for a Healthier Generation Unveils Smart Snacks Calculator

WebThe Smart Snacks Calculator is available for free on the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program website and can be embedded onto …

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Gimme 5: Sally Wong

WebName: Sally S. Wong, PhD, RD, CDN, FAHA Title: Associate Science & Medicine Advisor Organization: American Heart Association. How did you end up here …

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Looking for Help: Ideas for a Hospital Health Fair

WebPreventObesity.net Leader Sharon Heineman is organizing a health fair at her local hospital aimed at teaching students how to lead healthy lives — and she needs …

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Public Health Community Mourns Dr. Toni Yancey

WebPeople across the childhood obesity movement are remembering the extraordinary life of Dr. Antronette Yancey, who passed away on April 23 after a long …

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