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"People don't realize how early this starts," said Dr. Sarah Armstrong, a pediatrician and the director of Duke Children's Healthy Lifestyle Program, a clinical treatment program for obese kids. Dr. Armstrong is quoted in an article titled, "Children's weight woes...

A new study to adds to research that suggests television can have a negative impact on infants and toddlers. In a study of 259 families researchers found that babies who regularly watched TV had lower scores on cognitive and language...

BCBSNC Foundation Reinvests $100,000 into the Organization The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC), the organization that oversees Smart Start, recently received a $100,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation. NCPC...

As a young girl, Norma Bell learned to cook the classic Southern way from her mother, Mildred “Mama Dip” Council. Today, as director of Little Teddies Daycare off of Homestead Road, she is cutting the fat from her cooking...

Kate Sylvester has written an incredibly compelling piece. It begins: In 1954, the 83rd Congress was successful in changing Armistice Day, a national holiday celebrating the heroism of our World War I veterans, to a day that honors the bravery...

North Carolina has the fifth highest rate of childhood obesity in the country. More than 31 percent of North Carolina’s children ages 2 to 4 are considered at risk for becoming overweight or are overweight. With the launch of Shape...

The NAP SACC program partners with state-trained child care health consultants who work with early childhood programs to improve nutrition and physical activity practices and policies. Smart Start introduced NAP SACC in November 2007 with the intention that participating...

Action for Children N.C. and the N.C. Institute of Medicine have released the 2010 Child Health Report Card. The 16th annual Report Card indicates that the health and safety of the state's children continues to improve but expresses concerns...

BCBSNC Foundation and The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. Launch $3 Million Initiative to Tackle State’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic With North Carolina facing the fifth highest rate of childhood obesity in the country, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield...