Health Research and Articles
Children Overweight: What Research Tells Us
The Center for Health and Health Care in SchoolsSchool of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University Medical Center
The Facts about Overweights and Obesity
United States Department of Health & Human ServicesHealth Literacy Basics
Health Literacy, A Guide for Public Libraries Handout
Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Through Your Lifespan:
Helping Your Child
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Obesity in Minority Populations
American Obesity AssociationObesity in Young Children: Impact and Intervention
National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, August 2004The Package May Say Healthy, but This Grocer Begs to Differ
Andrew Martin, New York Times, November 6, 2006
Seduced by Snacks? No, Not You
Kim Severson, New York Times, October 11, 2006Walking Basics
Walking Basics- A Guide for Public Libraries Handout
Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc
with Children's Diets
Harriet Brown, New York Times, May 30, 2006
Jo-Ann Benedetti, Manager of Information and Outreach Services,
Upper Hudson Library System
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