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Tag: obesity

Table full of nutrition information and there's a young woman sitting beside the table.
Posted inNutrition

White House rolls out plan to fight hunger, improve health

by Coastal Review Online October 4, 2022October 11, 2022

This is the first in a series, Seafood and A Healthy Diet, examining the role and sustainability of seafood in a healthy diet and is published in collaboration with Coastal Review Online. By Jennifer Allen Coastal Review President Joe Biden last week introduced a plan to end hunger in the United States and increase healthy […]

Graphic of various women — an elderly woman, one holding a child, a teenager, a Black businesswoman, a pregnant woman and a middle-aged woman smiling
Posted inGender health

How healthy are NC’s women, and are their needs ready to be met?

by Rachel Crumpler July 11, 2022August 30, 2022
A man in a black mask bends over to peer into the cab of a vehicle where a woman in a pink mask, worn against COVID, sits.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – March 11 – NC vaccines for smokers, adults with chronic health conditions; COVID relief; K-12 schools reopening

by Anne Blythe March 11, 2021October 26, 2022
Posted inInfectious Disease

Will NC collect data on LGBT people and COVID?

by Hannah Critchfield February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
A woman a hat and thumbs up at a race in the desert.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Fat bias at the doctor’s office takes a serious toll

by Liora Engel-Smith February 2, 2021February 1, 2021
Map of loan repayment placements in FY2019
Posted inRural Health

NC’s rural provider shortage persists despite decades of efforts

by Liora Engel-Smith September 8, 2020January 29, 2021

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