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April 12, 2011 | Story
What factors are associated with the clustering of fast food restaurants close to schools? Are they more likely to cluster around schools serving minority or poor children? Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D., set out to find some answers.
February 22, 2011 | Story
New York's newly confirmed commissioner talks about his approach to public service, population health and his vision for the state.
March 24, 2010 | Story
A multidisciplinary team redesigned Montefiore Medical Center's patient registration system to collect data on race, ethnicity and preferred language, and developed a procedure to provide faster treatment for heart attack patients.
February 22, 2010 | Story
Samina Raja's active living research includes a National Institutes of Health grant to study how well an effort to increase physical activity in youth works among children living in areas with high access and in areas with low access to parks.
February 22, 2010 | Story
"There's a culture to encourage people not to go outside because it doesn't feel safe, largely due to the built environment," said Miquela Craytor, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
November 18, 2009 | Story
Physical fitness scores were measured by students’ 2007–08 NYC FITNESSGRAM percentile.
September 8, 2009 | Evaluation
The evaluation studies the regulations’ impact on children’s diets and levels of physical activity and the factors affecting implementation of the regulations in New York City's licensed day-care centers.