Topic: Children's Health
Getty Images | 2010-02-09 21:02:25
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks during an event on fighting childhood obesity at the State Dining Room of the White House February 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. The first lady announced the "Let’s Move ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 19:17:29
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago. About 1 in 5000 babies born in the U.S. each year suffers from gastroschisis, in which part ...
AP News | 2010-02-08 18:54:10
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack pushes ambitious school nutrition plan, targets sugary snacks
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the administration will seek changes when Congress overhauls the Childhood Nutrition Act. "Our children deserve ...
AP News | 2010-02-08 08:04:24
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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