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Article: New Jersey Schools Fight Childhood ...
PR Newswire;  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... depicting the growing childhood obesity epidemic in the ... prompted two New Jersey schools to take ... children. In New Jersey, a 2001 survey ... confronting a crisis in childhood obesity and nutrition ... Lab. "These New Jersey schools recognized ...

Article: Campaigns: New Jersey health insurer addresses ...
PR Week (US);  November 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Horizon BCBS. 'Childhood obesity is a national ... representatives from the New Jersey Department of ... broadcast channels in New Jersey covered the story ... made a dent in childhood obesity in the state ... program across New Jersey this school year ...

Article: New Jersey to Launch New Statewide Effort to ...
Obesity & Diabetes Week;  March 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to help prevent childhood obesity in a child's ... years (see also New Jersey Council of Children ... The all-day "New Jersey Conference on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity" will be held ... education credit. "Childhood obesity has reached epidemic ... levels ...

Article: New Jersey state, local officials discuss options ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... maximum desirable weight for a given person's height. In New Jersey, one in five sixth-graders are obese, according to a ... will attend a symposium to discuss the causes and impact of childhood obesity. "We must work together to teach children about obesity ...

Article: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and ...
PR Newswire;  September 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... of elementary school students across New Jersey will be learning about exercise, healthy ... between Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) and the Ernest Mario ... tailored to meet the requirements of the New Jersey Core Health Curriculum. More than 350 ...

Article: UnitedHealth Group Grants to Help Students and Educators Combat ...
PR Newswire;  December 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Group is giving New Jersey children the ... learning about childhood obesity, designing programs ... UnitedHealthcare New Jersey. "We believe ... way to combat childhood obesity is to partner ... awarded in total to New Jersey programs that ...

Article: ACSM Partnership Will Combat Childhood Obesity, Get ...
Targeted News Service;  March 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to decrease the prevalence of childhood obesity and promote physical activity ... The Youth Fitness Coalition is a New Jersey-based non-profit organization committed to combating childhood obesity by making exercise programs fun ...