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Healthier Head Start Programs Combat Youth Obesity

eho...@gmail.com (Eric Housh) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:08 UT

Many preschool children in Head Start programs are being offered
fruits and vegetables and low-fat or non-fat milk daily as directors
are increasingly concerned about childhood obesity. The children also
have a chance to play each day.

[link]

Bad Company: When Friends Sabotage Your Weight-Loss Efforts

eho...@gmail.com (Eric Housh) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:44:13 UT

[link]

I found this article interesting. It talks about how obesity spreads
within social networks (not the online kind, the real world kind).

An excerpt:

"Research shows the company you keep can have a tremendous impact on

Post your favorite / most useful web resources here

eho...@gmail.com (Eric Housh) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:31:58 UT

Hi team! Hope January is going well for you so far. I was wondering
which resources you use most often on the web for your youth health
efforts.

I use About.com's Calorie Counter often
[link]

LifeHack has a cool list of quick and healthy foods as well
[link]

January Interesting Articles From the web re: Youth Obesity

eho...@gmail.com (Eric Housh) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:10:01 UT

Hi team,
I thought you might find a few of these articles interesting.

AIS Health: Two Blues Plans Build Obesity Disease Management Programs
for Youth and Adults [link]

As Childhood Obesity Rates Rise, Youth Outdoor Participation Declines
[link]

Funding for Global Youth Service Day projects that focus on childhood

Re: Youth interACTIVE

eho...@gmail.com (Eric Housh) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:35:03 UT

Very cool post, Mary Beth. This is close to what I envision the
JCYOTF / Y5210 collaborative effort to look like. Check out
[link] for more
details on how they use you centered social marketing.I Encourage
everyone to subscribe to the blog, you can do that by clicking here:

Youth interACTIVE

mbhm...@hotmail.com (Mary Beth) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:17 UT

Check out [link]. The Texas-based program embraces
social marketing. The executive director spoke at the Southern Obesity
Summit recently, his goal is to sustain a national health movement
that increases the demand for healthy lifestyles and works with
corporate America to make healthy lifestyles more accessible. Nice

Welcome to the new Community Area of Y5210

eho...@gmail.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:13:27 UT

Welcome to the new community area of Y5210. Please take the time to
create and update your profile. Working together, we can help end the
youth obesity epidemic in Alabama.