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Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive19-May-2008
- 'Food group aims to connect county farms, tables (Contra Costa Times)
n Food-growers look to increase access to locally grown fruits, vegetables
- 'Headline: Food-poor Filipinos increase (BusinessWorld Online)
TWO OUT OF FIVE FILIPINO FAMILIES consider themselves "mahirap" or poor in terms of food, an increase from a historical low seen just last year, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
- 'Expanded Food And Nutrition Program Shows $10 Benefit For Each $1 Spent (Science Daily)
A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
- 'Food-poor Filipinos increase (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines - Two out of five Filipino families consider themselves "mahirap" or poor in terms of food, an increase from a historical low seen just last year, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
- 'Health news in brief (Onalaska Community Life)
Here are a selection of health-related news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
- 'Expanded Food And Nutrition Program Shows $10 Benefit For Each $1 Spent (Medical News Today)
A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the May/June issue of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (http://www.jneb.org/).Led by Jamie Dollahite, Ph.D., R.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
- 'Will rising food costs make you fat? (ABC 7 Chicago)
Rising food prices aren't just shrinking Americans' wallets -- they might also be expanding their waistlines, prompting at least one nutrition scientist to sound the health alarm.
- 'WIC program updates approved food list (Warrenton Journal)
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' Bureau of Women's, Infants and Children (WIC) and Nutrition Services announced changes to the WIC Approved Food List.
- 'New breed of American emerges in need of food (USA Today)
Average enrollment in the food stamps program has surpassed the record set in 1994, and the numbers continue to climb.
- 'Expanded food and nutrition program shows $10 benefit for each $1 spent (PhysOrg)
A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the May/June issue of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
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