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May 15, 2012 | Report
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising Year Three of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity. The evaluation measures trends in childhood obesity rates and ass ...
July 6, 2011 | Story
Gamble concluded that the problem of childhood obesity in the Mississippi Delta was considerable.
April 1, 2011 | Evaluation
This report summarizes the results of several studies comprising year two of an evaluation project assessing the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In 2006, approximately 37 percent of Delaware's children were overweight or obese. To combat Delaware's childhood obesity epidemic, Nemours, a leading child health care provider, launched a statewide program to improve child health.
January 1, 2010 | Evaluation
In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a five-year grant to the Center for Mississippi Health Policy to evaluate the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act and associated regulations on childhood obesity.
August 31, 2009 | Story
Maxine Proskurowski, R.N., M.S., is a veteran soldier in the campaign for school-based health centers, which give students of all backgrounds access to high-quality, affordable health care.
October 9, 2005 | Program Result
The Public Health Pipeline Program supported efforts by two education organizations from 1998 to 2003 to build the capacity of educational systems to improve science education for students in grades six through nine.