Healthi Kids
 Health News

The Healthi Kids' Coalition is getting a lot of buzz about its change agenda. Below are local news stories about our grassroots campaign and the work of our hundreds of campaign advocates, along with other health news articles.

  
Obesity Odds Stacked Against Minority Kids

CBS News, March 1, 2010

Overdue Attention on Obesity

Democrat & Chronicle, March 1, 2010

School Lunch Menu is Latest Battleground in War on Obesity

Houston Chronicle, February 10, 2010

Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds

New York Times, February 10, 2010

Michelle Obama Aims to End Child Obesity in a Generation

USA Today, February 9, 2010

Beverage Industry Douses Tax on Soft Drinks

Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2010

A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools

New York Times, February 7, 2010

Anti-Obesity Efforts Showing Results Among the Very Young

Democrat & Chronicle, January 31, 2010

Monroe County School Boards Association

NewsScope newsletter, December 2009

NYS Pouring on the Pounds Video - "Drinking Fat"

YouTube video, December 2009

Minnesota Lawmaker Calls for Action to Reduce Childhood Obesity

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, October 5, 2009

NY School's Vending Machines to Get More Nutritious
New York Times, October 9, 2009
Web Site Helps Improve School Food
YNN (RNews), August 18, 2009
Healthi Kids Coalition's Web Site...
Rochester Healthy Living, August 18, 2009
School Lunch Contract Draws Praise
Democrat & Chronicle, August 31, 2009
Advocates Rally for Better School Food
RNews, March 27, 2009
Rochester Students Demonstrate Against Food in Schools
13WHAM, March 26, 2009
Rally to Protest Rochester Schools’ Food
Democrat & Chronicle, March 23, 2009
School Lunches Spark Rally, Changes
RNews, March 23, 2009
School Nutrition Examined
Democrat & Chronicle, Oct. 1, 2008
Team Unveils Initiative for Health, Safety
Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 30, 2008