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Healthy cooking demo inspires students to change their diets
Students at the University of Maryland, College Park learned how to make healthy quesadillas, baked tortilla chips and fruit smoothies during a healthy cooking demonstration April 13. The demonstration was organized by No Kid Hungry UMD, an initiative...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Teaching and Learning, Diets and Dieting
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Lexington Market is in desperate need of a change
I laughed at a news report quoting an official who lamented that Lexington Market lacked a French bakery. The Lexington Market I know is a place that has a thriving bakery, but it sells red velvet cake by the slice and at a price to fit its customers'...
Tags: Lexington Market
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Nearly $3M in community impact grants awarded by United Way
The United Way of Central Maryland will provide nearly $3 million in community grants intended to provide financial stability to families, quality education to children and healthy alternatives to individuals, the organization said this week. In all, 71...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Poverty, Harford County, United Way , American Red Cross
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School fundraisers that promote healthy options are better choice [Letter]
As a physician at the April 11 public hearing on proposed changes in the HCPSS Wellness Policy, I left with an appreciation for the articulate students who expressed concern about the nutrition value of some foods offered in school during and after...Tags: PTA, Students, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Preconception Health Recognized During Month of April
During April, the Harford County Health Department highlights the importance of healthy habits before pregnancy with a Show Your Love campaign. Show Your Love is a new, national campaign developed by the Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative...Tags: Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diabetes, Elections, High Blood Pressure
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Food giveaway benefits Head Start children, families
The families of nearly 400 children in Baltimore Head Start classes received boxes packed with healthy food items Thursday from Feed the Children and the United Way of Central Maryland. Another 400 boxes will be distributed to low-income families this...
Tags: Diets and Dieting, Feed the Children, Vincent de Paul, Head Start, United Way
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Nonprofit is working to reduce health disparities in Oliver
In response to your editorial about programs in Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, I would like to highlight the efforts of Baltimore HELPS (Healthy Eating Leading Partnerships for Seniors), an initiative being led by Medicare's Quality Improvement...
Tags: Conservation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Medicare, Diabetes, Government Health Care
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Howard named healthiest county in Maryland in annual survey
Howard County has been named the healthiest in Maryland for the fourth straight year by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, according to rankings released Wednesday. Howard topped the 2013...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Ken Ulman, Health and Safety at School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Howard County
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Oliver initiative produces results, but leaders say work continues
The quiet at East Federal and North Bethel streets in the city's Oliver neighborhood on Tuesday morning was punctuated only by the steady rumble of a city work crew, preparing a nearby alleyway for repaving. Missing, said a local community organizer,...
Tags: Cherry Hill, Conservation, Heroin, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Drug Trafficking
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Fixing Oliver
There's no magic bullet that will suddenly solve all the problems in a community like Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, not even the small army of city officials who descended on the East Baltimore community this week. But the effort is still worth it if...
Tags: HIV, Heroin, Diabetes, Social Services, Public Officials
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Former PR Executive Wins Big in Army Communication Outreach Awards
T'Jae Gibson, of Abingdon, won first place in the Community Relations-Special Events category at the major command level in a U.S. Army public affairs competition. She leads the Army Research Laboratory's broadcast services area. She also serves as the...
Tags: U.S. Air Force, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Food Network (tv network), Genworth Financial Inc, U.S. Army
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When schools are more than schools
To be strong, healthy and safe, Baltimore needs leaders who maintain their priorities in challenging circumstances. Last year, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake increased funding for coordinated Out-of-School-Time (OST) programming, which uses public schools...
Tags: Finance, Dentistry and Dental Health, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Local Government, Open Society Institute of Baltimore
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