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Tobacco and Obesity Prevention: Now competing for limited funding?Portland Public Schools and Physical Education: Progress but not total victory
Portland-area Health Advocates Rally to Prevent PE Cuts
Diabetes: What’s rice got to do with it?
Another link to obesity: Abuse
Public Health: “The causes of the causes of death”
FIFA World Cup: How healthy is it?
Nursing Policy: Is it a public health issue?
Community Health Priorities Sponsors “Portland Acupuncture Project”
Nike Employee Grant Fund Launched
Kaiser National Essay Contest Winner: Corn Subsidies at Root of Obesity Epidemic
Latest National Security Threat: Obesity
KFC & Komen - “Pinkwashing”?
Study: Soda tax would need to be high to be effective
Photo Contest Winners Announced
What a CHP Grant can do – For Latina Women in Jackson County
85 Youth from All Over Oregon Use Camera to Show What Health Means to Them
What a CHP Grant Can Do - For an Immigrant Community in Portland
What a CHP Grant Can Do - In Eugene
Health Care Reform 2010: Where is the prevention?
Children’s Oral Health Funding available in Benton, Douglas, Lane, and Linn Counties
Northwest Health Foundation releases new CHP public opinion poll
Is a Soda Tax Paternalism? Victim Blaming?
Citizens United v. FEC: Is it a public health issue?
Oregon Legislators Discuss County Health Rankings
Blue Zones Vitality Project: Addressing Healthy Environments One Community at a Time
Lancet Retraction Good News for Vaccine Advocates – but will it have an effect?
Abstinence-Only Education Proven Effective
Cell Phones - Public Health Issue?
Mout Hood and Tillamook Comm. Colleges Now Tobacco-Free
Public Health Not Held to “Clinical Trial” Standards of Medicine, NY Doc Writes
PSU Study: Tobacco Flavorants are Sweeter than Candy!
Kaiser Family Foundation Study: Media Use Way Up by Children and Teens
“35 is the new 40” says new study
New York City Looks to Salt in Effort to Save Lives
“There’s a growing recognition nationally that the environment is impacting the choices we make.”
Northwest Health Foundation Urges “Yes” Vote on 66 and 67
New York City Soda Campaign: Gross? Yes - Controversial? Yes - Effective?
Too Fat to Fight: Is Obesity a National Security Issue
Eugene Area Residents Watch and Discuss “Consuming Kids” Film
Diabetes Cases in U.S. Could Double Within 25 Years
Central Valley, CA: Nation’s most ironically unhealthy region
New Mammogram Guidelines – Lost public health opportunity?
Nielson Report: Kids’ TV use at an 8-year high - 2-5 year olds now watch 32 hours of TV per week
World Health Organization: Five preventable factors cause 25% of premature deaths
Institute of Medicine: School meals need to improve. But does the IOM have teeth?
“We’ve built America not for human beings, but for cars”
Living near Greenspaces proven to positively influence health
From the Facebook Page: Does soda tax treat the cause or the symptom?
Poll: What’s your view on a soda tax?
Kids Say the Darndest Things - And they know what they’re talking about
New Study Confirms Neighborhood Can Correlate to Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Oregon Gets “C” for Expanding Economic Opportunity
Farm to School Bill Failed During Budget Crisis - Will Not Go Away
Who’s Against Health Care Reform?
What are Healthy Corner Stores?
The “You Docs” – Is the Surgeon General Too Fat for the Job?
Novel Idea for Health Care Reform: “Drop the Donut”
Public Health Investment Fund: Enlightened Policy or “Slush Fund for Pork Barrel Projects”?
Coos County Non-Profit Cushions Blow to Public Health
Preventive Medical Care: Does NOT Reduce Health Costs / Does Not Make Us Healthier
Healthy Communities Survey for OMSI Visitors - or anyone else!
Help Us Crack the Case of Good Health
Community Gardens Produce more than Produce
House Subcommittee Approves $2.3 Million Health Investment in Breakfast
Public Health as Enabler of Food, Frolic and Social Capital
Despite Title IX, Boy-Girl Disparities Still Exist in Sports
Poll reveals broad support among Oregon public for tobacco tax
Add car repair and new front porch to the true costs of smoking
New York Times Editorial: Yes on Soda Tax
Upstream Public Health Releases Health Impact Assessment for Transportation Policy
Who could oppose Farm to School?
Looking Elsewhere at the Menu Labeling Debate
Guest Perspective: Lincoln County Commissioner Bill Hall
What does tobacco have to do with obesity?
Mexican President Calderon on Public Health
Legislators Who Walked the Walk
Swine Flu Outbreak : What does it say about community health?
New “What is Public Health” Video
SB 5529: Lays a solid foundation for a healthy, prepared state.
HB 2726: Informed choices are healthier choices.
HB 2122: Tobacco tax to fund tobacco and chronic disease prevention
The Oregonian editorializes on menu labeling
News from Other States: West Virginia rejects menu labeling bill
New research shows 34% of the recent increase in Oregon’s health expenses is related to obesity.
2009 Photo Contest Winners!
Deborah Cohen on OPB’s Think Out Loud radio program Friday, April 10!
Legislators, Advocates Kick Off Public Health Week with a Walk Around the Capitol
Obesity: Simply a matter of willpower, or is something else behind this growing health problem?
Menu Labeling Going Statewide?
Join Us in Salem for a Public Health Walk on April 6
The Best Tobacco Tax Yet
Health Equity Open Forum Held in Portland
Student Photo Contest 2009
Apply for a CHP grant to energize your neighborhood or community!
Burgerville wants to sell alcohol – good or bad for our health?
Team Sports and Health: Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
Stimulus Bill to Include Investment in Public Health
Community Health Priorities Co-sponsors Community Open Forum on Equity and Diversity
Dr. King: Speaking of Health and Disparities
