2014 study from Harvard and LSE suggesting that standard explanations for U.S. residents’ relatively poor health are not sufficient and social policy needs to be examined more thoroughly.
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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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2014 study the Harvard School of Public Health on how the new school food standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have affected students’ meal choices and behavior.
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2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
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2012 study in Urban Studies on the availability of and demand for fresh fruit and vegetables in a low-income neighborhood of Detroit.
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2012 study in the Journal of Social Science and Medicine on relationship between access to healthful food and obesity trends among youth.
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2010 study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service on the impact of governmental dietary targets on consumer behavior.
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2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the type of neighborhood in which an individual lives and health outcomes.
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2009 study from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases published in PLoS ONE assessing the U.S. food supply, consumption and waste.
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2011 report by Yale University evaluating the claim that the consumption and marketing of sugary drinks is harmful to children and adolescents
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