NEWS
Jun 22, 2010
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Health Hotlines is now available as an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Health Hotlines is also compatible with the iPad.
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Apr 22, 2010
State Librarian Jan Walsh announced her Spring 2010 selections, highlighting books by Washington authors with a culinary theme.
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Mar 21, 2010
MedlinePlus has a new page on evaluating health information you find on the Internet, TV, and in magazines, newspapers and other media outlets. You can sign up for weekly updates, too!
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Jan 3, 2010
Each week the National Library of Medicine consumer resource sends out updates to the MedlinePlus consumer health portal. It's easy to sign up!
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Nov 20, 2009
Presentations and podcasts from the 5-part series presented Food Co-op Outreach & Education Manager Brwyn Griffin are now available!
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Research on healthy eating
Find out about the latest research related to healthy eating
Healthy Eating Research: Five year program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supporting research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity.
Obesity prevention research: Journal articles, policy briefs and more on policy and environmental changes that lead to increased physical activity and better nutrition, also from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: Yale University's Rudd Center seeks to improve the world’s diet, prevent obesity, and reduce weight stigma by establishing creative connections between science and public policy, developing targeted research, encouraging frank dialogue among key constituents, and expressing a dedicated commitment to real change.
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research: Look at each month's e-newsletter for research news from a collaborartive of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Center for Weight and Health at the University of California, Berkeley: Independent community and school based research on the prevention of childhood obesity and related conditions