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Cereal Companies Spend $156 Million Per Year to Market Their Least Healthy Products to Children

October 26, 2009 - RWJF Childhood Obesity Newsroom Food Companies Are Reaching Children on Television, Through Social Media Networks and Through Online Games

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Report Suggests New York City Nutrition Labeling Law is Effective at Promoting Health Changes

October 28, 2009 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Newsroom

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CDC Releases Interactive Vision Health Website

CDC Releases Interactive Vision Health Website

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recently released a new interactive vision health website as part of the Vision Health Initiative.

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Study Suggests Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks

October 21, 2009 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health News Digest

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FDA Launches Investigation Into Food Packaging Nutrition Claims

October 22, 2009 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health News Digest

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Save Time! Save Money! And Still Be Healthy?

Tips from the American Diabetes Association author Brenda Ponichtera to make healthy eating easier than ever.

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Children's Snacking Habits: The Role of Urban Corner Stores

A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that a little money can buy a lot of calories at city corner stores.

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US Immigrants Missing Out on Some Diabetes Care

US Immigrants Missing Out on Some Diabetes Care

As reported in September 2, 2009 edition of In Diabetes Today

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In Search of Overlooked Diabetes-Related Disease

September 17, 2009 issue of Diabetes World reports the connection between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a liver disease associated with fat accumulation in the liver and attributed to insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes.

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Study Suggests Just 7.5 Percent of Americans at Low Risk for Heart Disease

September 16, 2009 - A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation summarizing findings recently reported in the online edition of Circulation magazine (Subscription required to view full article.)

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Early Warning for a Deadly Kidney Disease

September 14, 2009 as published in The New York Times

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Dietary Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health

A recently released scientific statement from the American Heart Association regarding the connection between increased sugar intake and cardiovascular health.

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Many diabetic foot amputations are preventable

25 August 2009 featured in In Diabetes Today

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IOM Releases Action Steps for Local Governments to Prevent Childhood Obesity

September 1, 2009 - As reported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Healthy Living Is the Best Revenge

Findings From the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition–Potsdam Study

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Funding Opportunity: 2010 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program

Funding Opportunity: 2010 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program

The National Eye Institute (NEI) announces that applications are now available for the 2010 Health Vision Community Awards Program.

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Data exchange key to drawing stimulus funds

July 23, 2009 issue of Healthcare IT News

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