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10/31/13

Junk food marketing to kids is a huge piece of the U.S. obesity puzzle and Latino youth are a prime target for marketers, largely because of their large population numbers. Currently they comprise 22% of all U.S. youth and by 2025 will rise to 30%. But sheer numbers aren’t the only reason Latino...

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Dr. Amelie Ramirez

Health Care Food!

10/31/13

Every day, 12- to 14-year-old kids see an average of 15 food ads on television, and preschoolers see 11. Special offers and food-themed games pop up on children’s websites, and companies can now send personalized ads directly to kids’ cell phones. Brightly-colored packages line grocery store aisles...

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Sabrina Adler

Health Care Food!

10/31/13

As a mom of two small children I know the struggle that parents have trying to find healthy alternatives to some of the goodies that kids ask (beg, plead, and nag) for. I've joined up with the MomsRising Halloween Blog Carnival because I truly believe that in order for our kids to someday be...

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Sarah Heflin

Health Care Food!

10/30/13

I'm joining the MomsRising Halloween Blog Carnival because I believe children should live healthier lives. As a Mom and health advocate with the American Heart Association, I'm concerned about providing healthier choices for children and reducing the health issues associated with childhood obesity...

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Carolyn Torella

Food! Blog Carnivals

10/30/13

This post, How Big Food Is Targeting My Toddler , was previously published at bmsg.org , AlterNet, and at MomsRising.org. It is part of the MomsRising Healthy Halloween Blog Carnival. “Dora, mama! Dora!” I’m walking with my 22-month-old daughter through Target, and I’m not surprised to hear her...

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Pamela Mejia

Health Care

10/30/13

In between naps on an early-morning flight to Colorado, I was reading the Summer 2013 issue of Ms. Magazine. I love when my new issues arrive in the mail, and for the next 48 hours I read as often as possible between work and school until I make it cover to cover. But this issue was different, and...

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Emily Vrotsos

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

10/30/13

If you've not only heard about - but really thought about - the Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance that was just passed in San Francisco, you know what we're getting at with this title. If you're still celebrating the legislation that will go into effect on January 1, 2014, you may want to stop...

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Cali Ressler

Food!

10/29/13

This Friday, November 1st, all 47 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) in order to put food on the table will see an automatic cut in their benefits. The overall cut will be $5 billion but individual families could see a monthly reduction...

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care

10/29/13

At the three-week mark, it’s time to admit that the problems with Healthcare.Gov are more than opening day jitters and huge lines at the box office. On one hand, the sheer number and complexity of the business functions that Healthcare.Gov is intended to perform require extremely sophisticated and...

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Say Ahhh!

Podcast

10/28/13

On this show start with an analysis of what's going wrong in DC and how we can help turn our nation around, then hear from a journalist about why your story matters, get the details on the budget shenanigans in Congress and what specifics you should be paying attention to, and find out about how to...

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