Trust for Americas Health

Advocates Fight Fat: 'School Setting Does Not Support Health'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Healthy Schools Campaign, Student Exercise, National Education Association, School Health, Healthy School Lunches, Child Exercise, Reuters, Arne Duncan, Childhood Obesity, Student Health, School Lunches, Trust for America's Health, Youth Obesity, School Lunch, American Cancer Society, Video, Education News

* Nonprofits want greater role for U.S. Education Department * Health needs to be integrated into school policies -groups ...

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Prevention: An Impetus for Moving Health Reform Forward

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Trust for America's Health, Jeffrey Levi, Prevention, Politics News

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.

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Fat Pride Community: We're Being Scapegoated In Health Care Debate

nytimes.com | SUSAN SAULNY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marilyn Wann, Lynn McAfee, Fat Pride Community, Trust for America's Health, Health Care Debate, Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Linda Bacon, National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Overweight Americans, American Obesity Association, Obese Americans, Politics News

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 ...

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Even a Mild Outbreak is a Major Problem for Workers Without Paid Sick Days

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Trust for America's Health, H1n1, Helath Care, Health Benefits, Influenza, Healthy Living News

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.

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Prevention: Popular Provisions Have Been Largely Overlooked in Health Reform

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Health, Health Care Reform, Trust for America's Health, Prevention, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Healthy Living News

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.

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Cash for Fatties

Wendy Wanderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Red States, Blue States, Trust for America's Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Overweight, Healthy Living News

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.

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New Poll Finds Disease Prevention Is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Poll, Trust for America's Health, Prevention, Healthy Living News

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.

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Ten Lessons Learned from the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Outbreak

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trust for America's Health, H1n1, Swine Flu, Vaccines, Bioshield, Politics News

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.

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How Prepared is Your State for Bioterror and Health Emergencies?

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Emergency Preparedness, Trust for America's Health, Ready or Not, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health, Bioterrorism, Healthy Living News

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.

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The Obesity Epidemic and Health Care Reform

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Childhood Cbesity, Trust for America's Health, Alabama, Medicaid, Health Care, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Healthy Living News

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.

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How to Save America $16 Billion and Spare Millions from Disease

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Health, Trust for America's Health, Sen. Tom Harkin, Health Care, Chronic Disease, Obseity Epidemic, Diabetes, Healthcare, Politics News

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.

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