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Congressman proposes $8 billion for child nutrition
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With Food Network star Rachael Ray at his side, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., unveiled a bill that proposes about $8 billion in additional funding over 10 years for child nutrition programs, including school breakfast and lunch. The programs have been the main focus of Michelle Obama's high-profile Let's Move campaign, which aims to end childhood obesity within a generation. About one-third of American children are overweight or obese, and,
in difficult economic times, a growing number of children depend on school meals as a key source of healthful food. More
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House OKs bill to raise age for ATV operation
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In a bipartisan bid to save kids' from battered brains and busted bones, the House voted to hike the state's minimum age for operating an all-terrain vehicle from 10 to 14. Following the trail blazed by the Senate in January, state Rep. Peter J. Koutoujian (D-Waltham) said "Sean's Bill" - named in honor of 8-year-old Sean Kearney of Plymouth, who was crushed to death by
an ATV in 2006 while on a playdate - passed 141-12.
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Pediatric team targets kids' pain
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Two surgeries on Christina Shaban's legs, just 10 months apart, were worlds different in terms of the pain the Chapel Hill, N.C., teenager endured. After a procedure last May at UNC Hospitals in which her femur was broken to begin lengthening the bone, Christina, now 14, writhed in agony. Narcotics made no dent. For the procedure this past March, in which the femur was again broken and the knee reconstructed, Christina hurt, but
nothing like before.
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Family trumpets health-care reform benefits for kids
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Among the provisions in the health-care reform law, the one that hits closest to home for Sheryl and Jay Raether is a ban against a lifetime cap on insurance coverage. The Raethers are breathing a little easier knowing that their 4-year-old daughter, Mira, can get the necessary treatment for her kidney condition for the rest of her life. "With (Congress) lifting that cap for children, we won't have to worry about her health care,"
Sheryl Raether said in a recent interview.
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Childhood obesity linked to neighborhood social and economic status
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Children in King County, Washington, are more likely to be obese if they live in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the University of Washington, and Group Health Research Institute. The researchers found obesity most common in children living in neighborhoods with the least-educated females, most single-parent households, lowest median household
income, highest proportion of non-white residents, and fewest homes owned. Together, these five socioeconomic factors accounted for 24 percent of the variability in childhood obesity rates across neighborhoods.
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Hospitals make entertainment part of a child's healing process
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It can be a good sign when a young patient would rather stay in the hospital than go home. "You know you have done your job well when a child throws a tantrum going out the door," said Diane Dekany, a child life specialist at Mercy Children's Hospital. She's not exaggerating. Across town at Toledo Children's Hospital, little patients sometimes want to hang around
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Violence weighs heavy on a child's mind
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Being around violence is stressful, no doubt, but it turns out that exposure to homicide may be causing cognitive problems in children, according to a new study. What is striking: Children who are not directly witnessing the violence, but who live near it, may also be affected. "Local violence weighs on the minds of children..," according to the study, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "The
pattern of findings is consistent with the literature on acute stress disorder, which is defined as a response to a threatening event that induces fear, helplessness, or horror."
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Smoking bans linked to less secondhand smoke in children
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Children who live in nonsmoking homes are less likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke if their communities have smoking bans, a recent Harvard study reports. Laws that limit smoking in workplaces or restaurants have been tied to lower exposures in adults. Now a team of researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health has looked at a more vulnerable population:
children ages 3 to 19.
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Should parents let youths take big risks?
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It's normal for teenagers to want to take risks and challenge themselves as they head into adulthood - but it's the parents' responsibility to rein them in, whether by taking their license away after they get a speeding ticket or preventing them from sailing a boat around the world. Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland is heading home now, after her boat was badly damaged in the Indian Ocean last week, putting an early end to her
attempt to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe alone. Why her parents allowed such a trip is something being asked by adolescent health experts - and thousands of parents - across the country.
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Many parents ignorant on concussions in sports
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Parents of school and youth athletes are too often unaware of risks from sports concussions, but they support school policies to minimize the dangers, according to a national survey released by the University of Michigan. Nearly two-thirds of parents of athletes ages 12-17 worry their children will get a
concussion while playing school sports, but fewer than 1 in 10 say they have read or heard a lot about the topic. About half do not know if their children's school has a policy on concussions.
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Sebelius stumps for anti-childhood obesity plan
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The Obama administration is calling on mayors to help in the fight against childhood obesity because the effort won't work if communities don't engage in it, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a conference last week. Sebelius touted first lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity at the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors. Sebelius encouraged about 400 mayors and members of their
staffs to have their cities join a new part of the campaign, dubbed "Let's Move Cities and Towns."
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New Le Bonheur Children's Hospital defies stereotypes
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Consider the new Le Bonheur Children's Hospital a 12-story monument to what works in Memphis. A spire of inspiration, an edifice to big dreams, a pinnacle of yes-you-can in a city too often caught muttering no-you-can't. The $340 million hospital opens to the public this week despite being conceived and built during the nation's worst economic recession of the last 50 years. The new Le Bonheur stands today as the beating heart
of an inner-city neighborhood that, until recently, could have been an illustration in the dictionary next to the definition of "blighted."
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