Advocates Fight Fat: 'School Setting Does Not Support Health'
* Nonprofits want greater role for U.S. Education Department * Health needs to be integrated into school policies -groups ...
* Nonprofits want greater role for U.S. Education Department * Health needs to be integrated into school policies -groups ...
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011
Most Americans -- in all regions of the country and across political divisions -- agree on the importance of funding preventative health care. This fact could be key in moving the bill forward.
nytimes.com | SUSAN SAULNY | Posted 05.25.2011
Marilyn Wann is an author and weight diversity speaker in Northern California who has a message for anyone making judgments about her health based on ...
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011
For the 60 million Americans without paid sick leave, calling in sick with swine flu can mean forfeiting pay or even losing their jobs. So instead, many will choose to go to work and spread the disease.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011
The Trust for America's Health released a public opinion poll with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that found that disease prevention and public health are among the most popular proposals on the table.
Wendy Wanderman | Posted 11.17.2011
According to a recent report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Top 5 states that have the highest percentage of overweight people are all Republican red states.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011
For too long, health care has focused on treating people after they become sick instead of trying to help them stay healthy in the first place.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011
We are significantly more prepared to respond to a pandemic now than we were a few short years ago, but there are still major gaps in our core public health capabilities that must be addressed.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011
People often say 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were 'wake up calls' to the country. But in the field of public health, we think of them more like snooze alarms.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011
Kids today aren't getting enough physical activity in schools. They are bombarded with ads for junk food, and at the same time fruits and vegetables are increasingly unaffordable.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011
How do Americans expect to compete in the global economy if our workforce isn't healthy enough to be competitive? The good news is, many of the US's most prevalent medical problems are very preventable.
Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012