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El Peso de la Obesidad: The Weight of Obesity Part 2

Monica Navarro, reporter & producer for Univision, Channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas, completed her fellowship project which is a four part series on children suffering from obesity and diabetes & the mental, economic and medical impacts it has on the Latino community.

El Peso de la Obesidad: The Weight of Obesity Part 1

Monica Navarro, reporter & producer for Univision, Channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas, completed her fellowship project which is a four part series on children suffering from obesity and diabetes & the mental, economic and medical impacts it has on the Latino community.

Typhoid Mamey and DNA Backpedaling: The ReportingonHealth Daily Briefing

From DNA backpedaling to irrational nonsense to Typhoid Mamey, here’s what we’re reading about this morning:

Childhood obesity and marketing food to kids

Our project will focus on childhood obesity and the role food and beverage marketing plays in it. We'll look at how the junk-food marketing world has changed over the years, and dig into the latest trends in Internet marketing.

Ecstasy and PTSD: Who Knew?

Here’s what we’re reading today:

Social Determinants of Health: Where You Live Matters

The circumstances of where and how you are born, grow up, live, work  and grow old shape your health, just as your genes and lifestyle do. The growing field of "social determinants of health" focuses on the impact of these socioeconomic factors on health. Education, politics, violence, income, access to health care, social support, culture, transportation, environmental hazards, physical living conditions and even racism are topics for policymakers, researchers and journalists to consider as they examine health and health disparities within communities, nations and the world.

The Color of Health

Bianca and Michael Alexander examine the lack of healthy food options around Chicago and what that means for residents' health.

WIC Food Program Changes Emphasis

The Women, Infants and Children Program provides food vouchers and nutritional education to low income families. California runs the biggest WIC program in the nation -- 60 percent of all infants born in this state are enrolled in it. Now, the program's changing the kinds of food it recommends. Reporter: Rachel Dornhelm

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WIC stores undergo healthy makeover

The WIC federal nutrition program has just undergone a makeover, and vouchers are now good for fresh produce and healthy foods. This switch has put thousands of WIC-certified stores through some changes of their own. Rachel Dornhelm reports.

Nutrition and GIS: Mapping McDonald's, And Our Waistlines

An intriguing New York Times blog post today highlights a geo-coded map created by blogger Stephen Worley showing that the farthest away any American in the contiguous 48 states can get from a McDonalds is a mere 107 miles — a mere two-hour drive from a 540-calorie Big Mac.

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