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  • The Navajo Nation Just Passed a Junk Food Tax. Too Bad Junk Food is All You Can Buy.

    April 23, 2015 |

    Talking Points Memo |

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    Response Location: United States, Newcomb, New Mexico

    More than 80 percent of the food sold on the Navajo Nation qualifies as “junk food”— products high in salt, fat and sugar—and Navajo citizens struggle with disproportionately high rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes. But on April 1, the Healthy Dine Nation Act, colloquially known as the “junk food tax,” took effect in the Navajo Nation, adding a two percent tax to unhealthy foods like chips, candy and soda while eliminating taxes on healthy items like fresh fruits and vegetables.

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  • Scrooges of the World, Begone!

    December 24, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    Haiti suffered tremendous losses after the 2010 earthquake, exacerbating the devastation in an already impoverished country. In 2015, agriculture in Haiti is a growing business backed by the United States’ Feed the Future Initiative. Nourishment and health of mothers and babies has also improved with the encouragement of breastfeeding and sweet potatoes.

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  • Prescribing Vegetables, Not Pills

    December 01, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit organization that advocates for access to better food in low-income neighborhoods runs a program based on a simple idea to deal with a complex problem: instead of drugs or admonishments to lose weight, doctors provide families with a “prescription” to eat fruits and vegetables, as well as other tools to improve their health.

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

    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?

    June 06, 2014 |

    WNYC |

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    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

    June 05, 2014 |

    WNYC |

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    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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