Childhood obesity and policies for prevention: Research roundup
2014 selection of research related to the long-term health consequences of childhood obesity as well as the effectiveness of nutrition and exercise programs to prevent obesity
2014 selection of research related to the long-term health consequences of childhood obesity as well as the effectiveness of nutrition and exercise programs to prevent obesity
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Understanding numbers and conveying their meaning is part of being a journalist. You should have a working knowledge of arithmetic, be comfortable with statistics, percentages and more.
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2014 review of scholarship that helps provide perspective on the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, including the rise of the jihadist Sunni group al-Sham.
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2014 paper in OECD Social, Employment, and Migration Working Papers on the rise of top earners among wealthy, developed countries.
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2014 paper from Dartmouth College on the evolving research understanding of political violence and a review of key intellectual trends.
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2014 study published in International Food and Agribusiness Journal Review on U.S. and Canadian consumers’ perceptions of the terms “organic” and “local.”
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Recent interviews with Journalist’s Resource research director Thomas Patterson. Patterson is author of the forthcoming book Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-based Journalism.
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2014 study in Psychological Science on the potential social and political responses of white Americans to future demographic shifts.
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2014 study in Epidemiology examining the effects of the state- and county-level racial segregation laws known as Jim Crow on the overall health in the U.S. black population.
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2014 study in the American Sociological Review looks at the effects of a program that shifts control over the work schedule from managers to employees.
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