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We recently celebrated the 5th anniversary of the National Poll on Children’s Health!
It’s election season in the U.S. and the presidential candidates are working hard to identify and discuss the issues that they think are most important to the voting public.
The public rates childhood obesity as the top priority for presidential candidates to address. Other high-ranking child health priorities for candidates to address in the public’s view are bullying, drug abuse, and child abuse and neglect. There were no differences in child health priorities by adults’ political party affiliation or race/ethnicity.
As the 2012 presidential election draws near, the candidates are on the campaign trail talking about the issues they’ll make a priority if elected.
Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York City announced plans to ban sodas and other sweetened drinks larger than 16 oz from restaurants and delis, sporting events and movie theaters.
With temperatures rising and the school year nearing an end, children and families will soon be headed to water parks and public pools to cool off and enjoy fun in the sun.
CHIAS: a standardized measure of parental HPV immunization attitudes and beliefs and its associations with vaccine uptake.
In tough economic times, schools have faced deep funding cuts for middle and high school sports. To help fund these programs, many schools now charge “pay-to-play” fees for athletic participation.
Following the suicide of former NFL star Junior Seau, there has been a flood of attention given to the impact of concussions and head injury on the long-term health of athletes. Concussions are not only a health concern for professional athletes.