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Kentuckians can act to protect against heart disease and stroke; half of preventable deaths occur in adults age 65 or younger

Posted by Admin | 10:49 AM

By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Nearly one on three deaths in the U.S. each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. At least 200,...

Labels: diet, exercise, healthy food, heart disease, heart health, physical activity, physical inactivity, public health, stroke

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: Policy changes underway in Ky. to lower its very high childhood obesity rate

Posted by Admin | 11:54 AM

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and a number of policy changes are underway to combat the increasing trend of overw...

Labels: child obesity, childhood obesity, children's health, diabetes, exercise, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health policy, healthy food

Kids' excessive salty snacks are linked to obesity, high blood pressure; new limits on school vending items may help

Posted by Admin | 2:58 PM

As new research shows that America's child-obesity epidemic is linked to eating too many salty snacks, new federal regulations could en...

Labels: child obesity, childhood obesity, diet, federal regulation, healthy food, heart disease, nutrition, obesity, school health, school lunch, soda, stroke, vending machines

Summer lunch programs promote healthy eating habits for students, their families and the entire community

Posted by Admin | 2:49 PM

Carol Greenwell, who runs the summer lunch program for Bardstown City Schools, hands Brennen Maddox a carton of fat-free milk after he picks...

Labels: child obesity, childhood obesity, children, children's health, exercise, healthy food, parenting, physical activity, school health, school lunch

Parents should walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to healthy eating and exercise, study shows

Posted by Admin | 2:09 PM

A new study highlights the influential role parents have in shaping their children's eating and exercise habits. Children of mothers who...

Labels: child obesity, childhood obesity, children, children's health, exercise, healthy food, obesity, parenting, physical activity, research

Working with a local, regional or state health coalition? A simple step can help make healthy changes in Kentucky

Posted by Admin | 1:02 PM

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is asking you to help update last year's Kentucky Health Coalitions Directory, a list of local gro...

Labels: chronic disease, community health centers, county health, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health care, healthy food, physical activity, prevention, smoking ban, smoking ordinances

Covington schools show 'Fitness Rocks' by lowering body mass, lifting the bars of nutrition, wellness and academic achievement

Posted by Admin | 1:58 PM

Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools . The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities ...

Labels: after-school programs, body mass index, child obesity, education, health education, healthy food, nutrition, physical activity, school health, schools, wellness

Website eases application process for SNAP, formerly food stamps, and promotes healthy food

Posted by Admin | 12:15 PM

With a federal grant, the state Department for Community Based Services has launched a customer service website to promote healthy foods...

Labels: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, food, food security, food stamps, healthy food, public assistance

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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons

By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
Trying to Make Sense of the Covered California Numbers

I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
"If You Like Your Doctor You Will Be Able to Keep Your Doctor. Period"

I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
Small Group Health Insurance "Cancellations"––The Next Shoe to Drop But a More Complicated One

Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
Dried mussels: A little plate with 160 g of protein (plus some comments on high-protein low-carbohydrate dieting)

Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ...
Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding

Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples

Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says

Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes' high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care

Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?

The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...