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At a YMCA Near You, a Course for a Diabetic Nation

Tina Rosenberg

July 03, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Port Chester, New York

We know how to prevent diabetes - but the U.S, medical system, with its twisted priorities, doesn’t cover prevention. A new program at the YMCA aims to build structured, effective prevention measures.

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Will These Ninth Graders Make the Bronx Healthier?

Amanda Aronczyk

June 06, 2014 |

WNYC |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A hospital, university, and research center partnership is trying to encourage local Bronx students to become nurses and community health care workers and stay in the area to improve the health of the community.

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The Bronx's Weight Problem

Amanda Aronczyk

June 05, 2014 |

WNYC |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Bronx is working to solve obesity by turning to healthy eating in a society where fast food is cheaper and of greater quantity. It turns out that increasing access to fruits and vegetables, which the Bronx has done, makes no difference in whether or not people actually eat it - but one resident may have the answer.

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Helping Brazil's Poor Heal at Home

David Bornstein

December 11, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Brazil

Physical illnesses trigger and exacerbate poverty because costs are too high to treat them. The Associação Saúde Criança in Rio de Janeiro counsels helps by assisting families with services such as food, medicine, vocational training, housing, and legal aid, which helps mothers achieve their personal goals.

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To Fight Obesity, a Carrot, and a Stick

Tina Rosenberg

November 16, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Child obesity is decreasing even among poor children. Making healthy food more widely available, as well as using financial incentive programs, has greatly helped in increasing habits of healthy eating.

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Giving public school kids a seat at S.F.'s tables

Courtney E. Martin

November 08, 2013 |

SFGate |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Bay Area has the seventh-highest-ranking income disparity between rich and poor in the United States, and food is one of the most poignant indicators of the division. But a new collaboration between the design firm Ideo and the San Francisco Unified School District is trying to close that Grand Canyon-size chasm with an innovative approach to student nutrition.

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Improving School Lunch by Design

Courtney E. Martin

October 16, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Unified School District is piloting a collaboration with the design firm IDEO to re-imagine the school food system and help combat childhood obesity by better designing the space and the experience of how children eat, as much as the type of food they consume.

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Doctors Transform How They Practice Medicine

Ankita Rao

May 15, 2013 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, El Dorado, California

The Affordable Care Act’s provisions to increase health care while decreasing costs have caused physicians some economic uncertainties. Two physicians have transformed their practices into business models that offer more services than what the insurance companies cover. The physicians report that patients spend less money on medication and hospital visits, while providing more holistic care.

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Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices

Kevin Charles Redmon

April 02, 2013 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

With child obesity on the rise, public school students have lacked the motivation and access to eat healthy food. Different programs around the country aim to improve student diet in public schools, including Real Eats for Academics and Life in Los Angeles and Cornell’s Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, by emailing nutrition report cards to parents, presenting the healthy food with aesthetic pleasure, and the arrangement of the food for access.

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Time to Revisit Food Deserts

David Bornstein

April 25, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The 'food desert' term is a hot buzzword that suggests lack of access. Research on obesity and food availability in poor areas suggests that access must be considered, but only alongside additional factors like price, taste and education.

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