Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: obesity
First-ever quantitative data about the toll of BPA exposure
From Health Affairs: The risks of exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) have been well-known for some time. While exposure to BPA in the United States affects an estimated 92.6 percent of Americans over the age of five, there are gaps … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental health, health policy, obesity, research, risk
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Food and Nutrition Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight
New from the National Academies Press: Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine income, race, and ethnicity, … Continue reading
Posted in Government publications
Tagged consumer health, environmental health, health disparities, obesity
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Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook
One of the 4 legal tools discussed in the current issue of the CDC’s Public Health Law News, is a Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook from ChangeLab. The playbook offers a sequence of ten strategies—from public education campaigns to restrictions on the … Continue reading
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Tagged consumer health, food & nutrition, health behavior, health communication, health policy, obesity
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Chats on change: Using social media to reduce childhood obesity
From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): Join us on Twitter Tuesday, September 10, at 3:00 pm ET for a live TweetChat with Dr. Victoria Rogers, Director of the Kids CO-OP at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRQ, children's health, health behavior, obesity, social media
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Obesity in young is seen as falling in several cities
From the New York Times: After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, … Continue reading
Study links healthy weight in children with strict laws on school snacks
From the New York Times: Adolescents in states with strict laws regulating the sale of snacks and sugary drinks in public schools gained less weight over a three-year period than those living in states with no such laws, a new … Continue reading
Ban on advertising to children linked to lower obesity rates
From the New York Times Motherlode blog: Last weekend I met a couple whose children are not permitted to discuss movies or video games at school. The children don’t watch television, have limited computer access and have only seen movies … Continue reading
Obesity ills that won’t budge fuel soda battle by Bloomberg
From the New York Times: A hospital offers Zumba and cooking classes. Farmers markets dole out $2 coupons for cantaloupe and broccoli. An adopt-a-bodega program nudges store owners to stock low-fat milk. And one apartment building even slowed down its … Continue reading
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Tagged food & nutrition, health behavior, health communication, obesity, public policy
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A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity
From the New York Times, an interview with Carson Chow of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Carson C. Chow deploys mathematics to solve the everyday problems of real life. As an investigator at the National … Continue reading
“Weight of the Nation” conference this spring
On May 7-9, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity will host the Weight of the Nation™, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference is designed to provide a … Continue reading
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