School-based Intervention for diabetes risk reduction
2010 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the effects of a school-based program addressing risk factors for diabetes and obesity.
nutrition
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Nutrition menu labels may lead to lower-calorie children’s restaurant meals
2010 study looking at the potential effects on children’s diet of putting nutrition information on fast food items.
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Direct and indirect costs of food safety regulation
2008 Center for Economic Studies paper on the effects of federal food safety regulations and private actions on the cost of meat and poultry processing.
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Tobacco use links with child malnutrition in developing countries
2009 Tufts University study on the relationship between household tobacco use and child nutrition in the developing world.
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After-school programs’ potential and achievement
2008 review by the Harvard Family Research Project of available research on the relative benefits and required factors for success of after-school programs.
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Health insurance and mortality in U.S. adults
2009 study by the Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance on the relationship between health insurance and death rates.
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Genetically engineered seeds and crop yields
2009 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists analyzing more than a decade of peer-reviewed research on genetically modified crops
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