Thanks to Michele Baker for this week’s updates…

School Recess and Group Classroom Behavior

February 2009

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/short/123/2/431

 

Researchers link obesity to birth defects

February 10, 2009

Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE51979K20090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews

 

Insurers Increasingly Offering Health Promotion Services, Report Finds

February 12, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/digest.jsp?id=9555

 

Paterson Lowers Expectations on Soda Tax, Calling Approval Unlikely

February 13, 2009

USA Today

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/nyregion/14sodatax.html?_r=1&ref=health

 

Obama team sees stimulus advancing health reform

February 14, 2009

The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/14/AR2009021400205.html

 

For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Health Care

February 17, 2009

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18insure.html?_r=2&hp

 

Study confirms: Don’t reward yourself for calories burned

February 18, 2009

USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2009-02-17-exercise-eating_N.htm

 

Court Upholds the City’s Rule Requiring Some Restaurants to Post Calorie Counts

February 18, 2009

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18calorie.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

 

Young adults’ health is static or even declining

February 18, 2009

USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-18-young-adult-health_N.htm

 

New U.S. health insurance program envisioned

February 19, 2009

Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE51I10720090219

 

Study ties fast food to stroke risk

February 19, 2009

Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE51I77X20090220

 

Parents Play Pivotal Role in Increasing Child Activity Levels, Experts Say

February 20, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/digest.jsp?id=9631&c=OTC-RSS&attr=DI

 

Were you thinking 30 minutes of exercise was meeting the recommended amount from the experts at the American College of Sports Medicine?  Not anymore.  They now recommend 50 minutes/day due to a variety of issues, including our more sedentary lifestyles and weight issues. 

Here is the full article:  http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINTRE51951N20090210

Thanks to Michele Baker for the following highlights…

New York Governor Proposes Supermarket Development Fund Based on Innovative Pennsylvania Program

January 2009

The Food Trust

http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/press/pr.php?id=57&msource=healthecon&tr=y&auid=4510039

 

Applying the Obama Test to Healthcare: SimplyWell Cited as Top 10 Best Practices by Center for Healthcare Transformation

January 30, 2009

Denver Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Nebraska/2009/01/30/LA64928 

 

Tough choices for America’s hungry

February 2, 2009

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/02/food.stamps.economy/index.html

 

Amid rising childhood obesity, preschoolers found to be inactive

February 6, 2009

PhysOrg.com

http://www.physorg.com/news153145363.html

 

Healthier Lunches Modestly Reduce South Carolina Childhood Obesity Rates

February 9, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/digest.jsp?id=9520&c=OTC-RSS&attr=DI

 

Diet could cut risk of dementia

February 10, 2009

USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-09-alzheimers-mediterranean-diet_N.htm

 

Health Scares Reduce Smoking but Not Waistlines, Survey Finds

February 10, 2009

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/health/11smoking.html?_r=2&ref=health

 

Pa. group improves health, lowers cost

February 11, 2009

The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090211_Pa__group_improves_health__lowers_cost.html

 

Tom Vilsack, The New Face Of Agriculture- importance of healthy food in schools

February 11, 2009

The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/02/10/ST2009021002624.html?msource=healthecon&tr=y&auid=4510136

 

Alabama Schools Implement Health and Wellness Curriculum

February 11, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/digest.jsp?id=9538&c=OTC-RSS&attr=DI 

 

Conference Report on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Preliminary Overview

February 12, 2009

TPM

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/02/overview_conference_report_on_american_recovery_an.php?msource=healthecon&tr=y&auid=4510032

**Provides $1 billion for a new Prevention and Wellness Fund. Studies have shown that investing in prevention can lower overall health care costs by billions of dollars.

 

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