Canadian obesity rates differ by geography, income: report
CBC
Last Updated Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:20:47
"OTTAWA - A new report reinforces the long-held view that rich people tend to live longer, healthier lives than the middle class and low-income Canadians. The Canadian Institute for Health Information's population health branch released the report, Improving the Health of Canadians on Wednesday. The report's authors measured measured inequalities in health among children, Aboriginal Peoples and low-income Canadians. "This report highlights how long-term choices in social policy – from physical activity in schools to pensions for seniors – can also have profound implications for our health," said Dr. Cameron Mustard, chair of the population health council in a release. ...The report recommends five strategies to prevent obesity: 1) Encourage breastfeeding because evidence suggests the longer a baby is nourished by breast milk alone, the lower the risk of developing obesity in childhood.
..." [Yay, not only is this a recommendation, it's the top recommendation of a list of five. - JC]
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Pediatric politics stalls Ad Council campaign
[Delayed coverage of the Ad Council breastfeeding campaign fiasco...- JC]
Chicago Parent | Short Stuff
January, 2004
Eryn McGary
"Federal officials are putting on hold a planned multi-million-dollar Ad Council public service campaign to promote breastfeeding. And if formula makers have their way, the current campaign, two years in development, may be scrapped altogether. The companies, Ross Products, the unit of Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories that makes Similac and Isomil, and Mead Johnson, the Bristol-Myers Squibb subsidiary that makes Enfamil, say the Ad Council uses "scare tactics" to persuade new moms to nurse their babies for at least six months....."
[Delayed coverage of the Ad Council breastfeeding campaign fiasco...- JC]
Chicago Parent | Short Stuff
January, 2004
Eryn McGary
"Federal officials are putting on hold a planned multi-million-dollar Ad Council public service campaign to promote breastfeeding. And if formula makers have their way, the current campaign, two years in development, may be scrapped altogether. The companies, Ross Products, the unit of Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories that makes Similac and Isomil, and Mead Johnson, the Bristol-Myers Squibb subsidiary that makes Enfamil, say the Ad Council uses "scare tactics" to persuade new moms to nurse their babies for at least six months....."
Sunday, February 22, 2004
HoustonChronicle.com - Mimi Hernandez's bank job isn't the usual 9-to-5: "
D. Fahleson / Chronicle
" Miosotis 'Mimi' Hernandez had jumped from one food-service job to another. A year and a half ago, she was slapping sandwiches together at Subway. Now she's the go-between for moms and their babies.
Hernandez, 24, preps and delivers pumped breast milk to the hungry at Texas Children's Hospital. ..."
D. Fahleson / Chronicle
" Miosotis 'Mimi' Hernandez had jumped from one food-service job to another. A year and a half ago, she was slapping sandwiches together at Subway. Now she's the go-between for moms and their babies.
Hernandez, 24, preps and delivers pumped breast milk to the hungry at Texas Children's Hospital. ..."
Friday, February 20, 2004
Go Ahead and Cry. It's Happy Hour.
New York Times
By TRIPTI LAHIRI
Published: February 20, 2004
On a recent Monday afternoon, a woman wandered into Terra 47, a cheery little cafe off Union Square in Manhattan.
She quickly retreated, her eyes wide as she backed out of the restaurant's red Art Nouveau-style doors.
It might have been that the tiny lemon-yellow space was already bursting at the seams. It might have been the occasional bared breast. Or just possibly, it might have been that some of the tipplers inside appeared to be shy of the current drinking age - by a couple of decades. ..."
New York Times
By TRIPTI LAHIRI
Published: February 20, 2004
On a recent Monday afternoon, a woman wandered into Terra 47, a cheery little cafe off Union Square in Manhattan.
She quickly retreated, her eyes wide as she backed out of the restaurant's red Art Nouveau-style doors.
It might have been that the tiny lemon-yellow space was already bursting at the seams. It might have been the occasional bared breast. Or just possibly, it might have been that some of the tipplers inside appeared to be shy of the current drinking age - by a couple of decades. ..."
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