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Childhood obesity rates level off among some groups in California
August 15, 2010
Jeannine Stein / Los Angeles Times

Despite the dire warnings about high obesity levels in this country, some recent studies show that U.S. obesity rates may be leveling off. A new study finds that among children in California, obesity rates are evening out in some ethnic and racial groups, but not all.

 

Crime and Obesity
Johns Hopkins University

Telling kids to "be more active" won't dent the obesity epidemic if they're afraid to go outside.

 

Race vs. Place
Story by Mat Edelson
Johns Hopkins University

Can an integrated neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore help overturn decades of race-based assumptions about the origins of health disparities?

Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice Report on Health of Latino and African American Boys and Young Men
July 7, 2010
Drexel University School of Public Health

To inform their Building Healthy Communities strategic plan, The California Endowment commissioned the Drexel Center for Nonviolence & Social Justice to develop a report on how trauma and adversity affect the health of Latino and African American boys and young men and how existing gaps can be narrowed through a trauma-informed approach.

 

 

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