April 3, 2012
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New research shows that physicians who exercise and don’t smoke are much more likely to recommend healthy lifestyle changes to their patients than their smoking or non-exercising colleagues. Researchers surveyed 1,000 primary care physicians and fou ...
March 14, 2013
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Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
January 22, 2013
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Clinical Scholar Mitchell H. Katz, MD, always lived by the mantra, "Be of use."
March 1, 2008
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Journal Article
This randomized controlled clinical trial assesses the effects of reductions in television viewing and computer use on the body mass index (BMI) of children
February 14, 2012
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A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
July 6, 2011
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Gamble concluded that the problem of childhood obesity in the Mississippi Delta was considerable.
February 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Understanding the interaction of the home and neighborhood environments may be crucial for the implementation of successful obesity-control interventions. This article analyzes a study of household instability, neighborhood poverty levels and obesity risk in new mothers and their children.