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SDSU Study Reveals Eating at Friends and Family's Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Obesity (Popularity:  )
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More time spent eating away from home could put kids at higher risk for obesity, according to a San Diego State University study published in this month's research journal "Obesity." SDSU public health researcher Guadalupe X. Ayala has found that consuming foods at the home of relatives, neighbors or friends once a week or more is associated with a higher risk of obesity in children. Youngsters who ate away from ...
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'My Child Matters' Program One-Year Report Shows Measurable Improvement in Cancer Care for Children in Developing and Newly Industrialized Countries (Popularity: )
http://www.sanofi-aventis.us
According to a report released today at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the My Child Matters program launched by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and sanofi-aventis is significantly improving pediatric cancer care in developing countries. While in industrialized countries nearly 80% of children treated for cancer will survive, this survival rate drops to 20% and even 10% in developing countries where access ...
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Engage Launch Fun Website With Plans To 'Start Them Young' (Popularity: )
http://www.engagemutual.com
KS1 pupils from New Park School in Harrogate today played their part in a national initiative to raise the awareness of the importance of saving, when they helped engage Mutual launch a new, interactive website, www.funtosave.org.The website seeks to promote a better understanding of money and introduce the concept of saving among four to seven year olds across the UK. Designed by educational specialists and the UK's Association of Mutual ...
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UPDATE: Bush Places Obama at Risk of Becoming First President in U.S. History to Prosecute Child Soldier for War Crimes (Popularity: )
The following is being issued by the Juvenile Law Center:WHAT: Children's and human rights activists, scholars, advocates and professionals who work with youth condemn the Bush administration's prosecution of child soldier Omar Khadr under the Military Commissions Act. They call on President-Elect Obama to immediately halt the trial upon assuming office on January 20th until the facts can be further reviewed. Absent prompt action, Omar Khadr's fatally flawed military trial ...
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Sprint, Ben Roethlisberger Hosted "Power To Play" Mini Football Camp For Essay Contest Winners (Popularity: )
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Sprint (NYSE:S) and Super Bowl champion quarterback Ben Roethlisberger today hosted thirty-three Pittsburgh area youths ages 8-13 at a mini football training camp coached by Roethlisberger. The camp was held at the Robert Morris Island Sports Center Golf Dome. Sprint, in partnership with Roethlisberger, hosted the mini football camp for winners of the "Power to Play" essay contest. The essays were written based on the theme of, "Hard work has ...
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CDC Launches Multi-state Study on Autism; $5.9 Million Awarded to Five Sites (Popularity: )
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is initiating a multi-state collaborative study to help identify factors that may put children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities. Approximately 2,700 children, ages 2 to 5, and their parents will be part of this study.CDC has awarded a total of $5.9 million to five sites - Kaiser Foundation Research Institute in California, Colorado Department of Public ...
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Kimberly-Clark To Webcast Mark Buthman Presentation And Q&A At Prudential’s "Back-To-School" Conference (Popularity: )
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) will webcast its participation in the 2006 Prudential Equity Group "Back-to-School" Consumer Conference from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Mark Buthman, Senior Vice President and CFO, will make a presentation about the company’s strategies for growing its global health and hygiene business and will subsequently answer questions from conference attendees. A link to the broadcast and related presentation slides will be ...
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Give Kids the Gift of Safety for Christmas, Says Telum Associates, LL.C. (Popularity: )
"This Christmas let's present our young citizens with the gift of safety in the schools," says right to self defense advocate John M. Snyder, Manager of Telum Associates, LL.C. Snyder conveys the message on a custom designed Christmas card featuring an image of Santa Claus brandishing a handgun as he protects frightened school children from a crazed gunman about to enter their classroom. A copy of the image is available ...
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Nick Jonas and Bayer Diabetes Care Launch Creativity Contest to Encourage Kids With Diabetes to Express Their Simple Win (Popularity: )
http://www.nickssimplewins.com
Bayer Diabetes Care and music sensation Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers invite kids and teens with diabetes to enter the Bayer "Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest" online for a chance to meet Nick in person.Since the announcement of their partnership last summer, Bayer Diabetes Care and Nick, who has type 1 diabetes and uses the Bayer CONTOUR(R) meter, have taken steps to inspire young people with diabetes to ...
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Visa Hosts Students from Brooklyn's Kappa V School at New York Stock Exchange as Part of First Day of Trading (Popularity: )
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com
Among the many people on hand today at the New York Stock Exchange to witness Visa Inc.'s (NYSE: V) first day of trading were 30 students from Kappa V Middle School in Brooklyn. The company brought the students to the exchange floor for the opening bell and conducted its first public trade on behalf of Teach For America, the national corps of top college graduates who commit two years to ...
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