CBS News Online
A growing number of cities and states want to reduce adult consumption of sugary drinks by taxing them. New York has revived a proposal to impose a penny per ounce tax on sweetened beverages. Colorado has already levied such as tax. So has Illinois. California is considering it.
03/09/2010
The Washington Post
"You cannot have the expectation that a teacher can teach if the kid is hungry or jacked up on sugar," said Geraci, 52. "My job is to put healthy kids in front of teachers so they can teach."
05/06/2009
Austin News: KXAN
Austin area hospitals, schools, and non-profits collaborate to map obesity in an effort to better focus care and address site-specific variables.
05/05/2009
The Chronicle Review
Thomas Fisher asks, “Do we really want to continue to be servants of the superrich, or does our responsibility — and our overlooked opportunities for new types of services — also lie with the health, safety, and welfare of all?”
05/01/2009
AlterNet
Makani Themba-Nixon, executive director of The Praxis Project, writes on the disastrous effects that bad policies and practices have on health.
04/30/2009
The Herald Sun
Durham plans to revitalize health care program by incorporating advice not only from health professionals, but also from the patients who receive their care.
04/29/2009
ISU News Service
A study conducted on low income adolescents and mothers concluded that those under more stress are more likely to be overweight or obese.
04/27/2009
New York Times
Editorial argues for an updated school lunch program—one that promotes healthy eating, juice over soda, and healthy snacks over junk food.
04/26/2009
The Root
“We really need to look at developing an urban food systems agenda,” says [LaDonna] Redmond. “We need to think abut how to redistribute food in a local way that supports urban communities or isolated communities.”
04/22/2009
The Stanford Daily
Environmental activist Majora Carter discusses how green jobs can help overcome the socio-economic and racial obstacles that prevent healthy communities.
04/22/2009
