Posts Tagged: Childhood Obesity
Medical Press By Iqbal Pittalwala October 11, 2016 More than two in three adults are considered overweight or obese in the United States. Alarmingly, this trend begins in childhood: about one-third of children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered overweight or obese. Childhood obesity, however, is disproportionately prevalent …
Mother Jones March 25, 2015 by Leilani Clark Next month, after three years of legislative tug-of-war, the Navajo Nation will become the first place in the United States to impose a tax on junk food. The Healthy Diné Nation Act of 2014, signed into law by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly last …
Photo: © Mishelle Beercheck. “We Serve Too.” Club Trail Clean-Up Day, Month of the Military Child, Charleston Air Force Base. by Richard Louv, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Children & Nature Network In September 2013, Grassroots Change reported on the Children & Nature Network’s wonderful annual Grassroots Gathering, and we followed up with our blog …
The Natural Leaders Network, a program of the Children & Nature Network, is proud to announce the largest gift – $200,000 from The REI Foundation – to continue their work to build a worldwide youth movement to strengthen the bond between people and nature. Together with the REI Foundation and …
By Lisa.Ermak @hollandsentinel.com, Holland, Mich. If it takes a village to raise a child, it likely takes a county to raise a healthy child. That’s the idea behind Allegan County’s Bringing Healthy Back initiative. The county-wide grassroots movement, which has been in development for the past few years, has been actively …