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May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Taxes alone won't have much impact on reducing obesity.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The child obesity epidemic in the U.S. has coincided with greater budgets within the food industry for marketing products to children.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of consumer awareness of calorie information in New York City fast-food chains found that prominently posting calorie information in restaurants increases the number of people who report seeing the information and using it in their food choices.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this study, researchers examined changes in children's and adolescents' total exposure to food advertising.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Government at all levels can use policy and regulation to help make the healthy choice the easy choice to prevent obesity and support individuals' efforts to lead healthy lives.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This legal analysis discusses how the law can help fight obesity. The authors lay out how to use the law to directly address factors that contribute to obesity and to create solutions that strengthen existing policies and regulations used to curb obesity.
June 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Starting in December 1996, an expert panel convened by the National Research Council's Board on Children, Youth, and Families studied the health and safety implications of child labor.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
May 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Better labeling and more stringent regulation are warranted for energy drinks.