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Child-Care Settings Before Kindergarten are Related to Kids' Obesity

March 22, 2010 | Program Result

Researchers found that children in family, friend and neighbor care the year before kindergarten were more likely to be obese at the start of kindergarten than children in parent care.

Head Start Programs Identify and Provide Extra Support to Families at Risk

October 5, 2009 | Program Result

Expanding the capacity of Head Start agencies to identify and assist families in need was a key ingredient of Free To Grow. That was especially so in New Britain, Conn., and Orange, Calif.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Early Childhood

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Child-Care Settings Before Kindergarten are Related to Kids' Obesity

Head Start Programs Identify and Provide Extra Support to Families at Risk