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New USDA Meal Plan for Children: One Step in the Right Direction

October 11, 2013
Disclaimer: The information, recommendations, and inspirations found on this post are not intended to replace the advice of a qualified health care professional and are not intended as medical advice. They are solely for the purpose of sharing knowledge and information from the personal experience...
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Melinda Gonzalez
Blog Carnivals Food!

National School Lunch Week with Healthy Food! A MomsRising Blog Carnival #HealthyEdu

October 11, 2013
Welcome to the MomsRising blog carnival for National School Lunch Week with Healthy Food! We're delighted that you're here and we have many thoughtful, informative posts for you from a diverse group authors as you scroll down this page. Today starts National School Lunch Week and this is a...
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Migdalia Rivera

I See Sexism

October 10, 2013
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy, only I know I'm not because other women tell me they notice the same thing. It's complicated, and it's hard to keep it in focus sometimes, but it really is there. I don't see dead people,. I don't hear voices - I just see gender distinctions being made where other...
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Valerie Young
Health Care

TAKE ACTION: Your Voice is Needed!

October 10, 2013
It's inescapable. Talk about healthcare reform is everywhere we look this week. From social media, to TV ads, to the newspaper—the whole country is abuzz over the new law. There's been a lot of positive news—like the record-breaking over 7 million people who visited Healthcare.gov in the first...
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Felicia Burnett
Politics & Policy Health Care

BB Found Her Voice and is Telling Her Story. #StopTheStigma

October 9, 2013
BB's brought you the story of advocacy , the story of global responsibility , and now it's Babushka's story that you will read. Queeee??? JU SO FONII!!! Of course I wrote the other stories and shared them through my eyes, but this one My Beautifuls is a very real and personal tale that affected BB...
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Sonia Guerra
Environmental Health Food! Health Care

Honeybees and Groundwater: Canaries in the Pesticide Coalmine

October 9, 2013
Researchers increasingly draw links between pesticides and serious illnesses like cancer, Parkinson’s disease, birth defects, and a host of others, as well as impacts on aquatic life, such as the Potomac River’s very own intersex fish. Lately the mystery surrounding worldwide beehive loss is leading researchers to question when, where and how pesticides are used and how they affect bees. Maybe the beekeepers’ demand for the most basic pesticide information could be a tipping point in the quest for a reporting database.
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Ruth Berlin
Gun Safety

What is the American Promise?

October 9, 2013
Fourteen years ago, my family took the great risk of turning the camera on ourselves, to film our son Idris, and his best friend Seun. In 1999, the boys entered kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School in New York City. We wanted the best education possible for our son, and Dalton seemed...
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Michèle Stephenson
Food!

Changing the Conversation about School Food

October 9, 2013
This week marks an important turning point in the conversation about school food. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 80 percent of schools are serving healthier meals that meet the nutrition standards—just one year after they were established. But USDA wasn’t the only...
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Jessica Donze Black
Politics & Policy

Amamantar puede ser más fácil con Obamacare

October 9, 2013
La cultura latina promueve el saludable hábito de amamantar a los bebés generalmente hasta su primer año, pero al llegar a los Estados Unidos las latinas encontramos más retador el mantener esta costumbre que tanto impacta nuestra salud, pero sobre todo la de nuestros hijos. Las razones de este...
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Ruth Vasquez
Health Care

Healthcare, Shutdown, Budget...Why Should I Care?

October 8, 2013
On October 1, 2013, a historical accomplishment for socioeconomic parity for all Americans but in particular for African Americans and minorities and the beginning of a happier, healthier, more equal America for ALL totally happened. Also on October 1, 2013, most major functions of the United States government shutdown. For my those living under a rock, October 1st was the official beginning of the (first) “open enrollment period” for Health Insurance Marketplaces around the country. For all of my non-political readers, it was also the first day of the government’s 2014 Fiscal Budget.
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Angelique Roche

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