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03/05/13

What do children eat in school? Probably not what you think. Research shows that 40 percent of students buy and eat snack foods at school in a typical day. When schools sell unhealthy snacks and drinks outside of meals, it can cause kids to eat less of their lunch, consume more fat, take in fewer...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Health Care

03/04/13

I know first hand that Medicaid saves lives and reduces medical costs. When I was pregnant with my son, I went into preterm labor at 26 weeks. I had medical coverage through Medicaid, so when I noticed that something felt off, I went directly to the hospital. Without Medicaid, I would have been...

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Charlie Rose

03/04/13

In August 2012, US Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that insurance companies would be required to cover lactation services as part of a provision of the Affordable Care Act that breastfeeding advocates nationwide applauded. While there are kinks...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Food!

03/02/13

BREAKING NEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm video welcome to the MomsRising.org "Food Power" Conference. For this "Food Power" Conference, MomsRising.org, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization with more than 1.1 million members, is bringing together moms, dads, bloggers,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

03/01/13

Developing a strong influence strategy requires thinking through four critical elements: A clear sense of the decision(s) that need to get made; An understanding of who makes these decision(s); An informed hypothesis about how the decision(s) will get made; and An understanding of how the...

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Kristen Grimm

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

03/01/13

This past President’ Day my oldest child turned 18 and instead of celebrating his young adulthood with him, I was across the country standing on the National Mall with more than 40,000 strangers. While I may sound like an uncaring mom, the opposite is true. I’d gone to Washington DC precisely...

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Diana Donlon

Environmental Health

02/28/13

Same product. Two different labels. An appalling double standard when it comes to our health.

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Cassidy Randall

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

02/28/13

Sheryl Sandberg is telling women to “lean in.” She's encouraging us to strive for bigger and better jobs. She's telling us to resist “leaving before we leave” in anticipation of having families. Through her “lean in circles,” women will have opportunities to share success stories about how leaning...

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Liz Watson

Environmental Health Family Economic Security

02/28/13

Knoxville, Tennessee...McAllen, Texas...Little Rock, Arkansas...Albuquerque, New Mexico...Los Angeles, California. Besides L.A., many of these southern U.S. cities wouldn’t normally be considered the center of a green tech revolution. Yet, they are, and are also employing large numbers of Latinos...

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Elisa Batista

02/28/13

On February 12th, the Senate passed S. 47, a bill that reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by a 78-22 margin. VAWA is our nation’s response to domestic and sexual violence and provides the greatest source of programming and funding for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the...

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