Jul
14
2010
A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) released last year, ranks the U.S. the fourth worst in infant mortality rates among 30 member countries in the OECD. The report also ranked the U.S.:
23rd in material well-being,
25th...
Jun
18
2010
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering two bills to prevent child obesity. House Bill 1726 would require child care programs to provide:
Reduced fat milk (skim or 1 percent)
No more than four to six ounces of juice per day
No...
Jun
17
2010
Child Health and Safety Radio features radio interviews on health and safety topics, and how they directly impact children in childcare and elementary schools, as well as at home. Current programs address:
Healthy Eating Habits, Healthy Kids
Protecting Children from...
May
07
2010
Action for Children North Carolina, had a great op-ed in the News and Observer.
“264,000 of North Carolina's children are still uninsured. That's enough to reach from Greensboro to Wilmington, holding hands . . . North Carolina is losing employer-sponsored...
May
07
2010
Nutrition rules for child care centers were included in the14 recommendations put forth by the Legislative Task Force on Childhood Obesity last week. The Task Force, which consists of six House members and six Senate members, spent four months...
May
07
2010
How does your state measure up in terms of policies that affect the health and well-being of the youngest low-income children?
The National Center for Children in Poverty has developed profiles that highlight states’ policy choices alongside other contextual data...
May
07
2010
Obesity can be detected in infants as young as 6 months, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Until very recently, pediatricians really haven’t been focusing on obesity in babies,” said...
May
07
2010
Vivian Muzyk used to think tales of children refusing to eat vegetables were widely exaggerated. Then she watched her son gag at the taste of anything green — from steamed spinach to pureed peas, she says.
As the communications and...
May
07
2010
Healthy Tomorrows: A Guide to Health Check and NC Health Choice Insurance for Children
May
05
2010
About 16 percent of children have developmental delays, but of these the vast majority (70 percent) are not diagnosed until they enter school. This means, by the time kindergarten begins, these children are already behind their peers.
The sooner challenges...
