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Ky., high in childhood obesity, fights it with better school meals, increased activity requirements and maybe help from Big Bird
Obamacare's employer mandate poses challenges for schools
While Kentucky public-school employees get their health insurance through the state’s self-funded program and don't have to worry too mu...
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education,
health care,
health insurance,
health reform,
Obamacare,
schools
School nurses are an unfunded mandate for schools, which are picking up more of their cost as health department budgets shrink
Free-for-all food program increases student participation, raises Ky. breakfast count by 25% with only 39% of districts participating
Kentucky schools participating in a program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all students in high-poverty schools have significantl...
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education,
federal spending,
nutrition,
school lunch,
schools
Schools and students are still getting used to lunches that are healthier but not as suited to their tastes
School lunches look and taste different than they did before new federal nutrition standards kicked in, and that has caused more food to end...
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education,
nutrition,
school lunch,
schools
Anthem gift will let Kentucky Homeplace expand diabetes self-management and education project to counties in Western Ky.
Donor who helped Monroe schools take over, expand wellness center pledges more for improvements, upkeep, scholarships
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after-school programs,
athletes,
education,
philanthropy,
school health,
schools,
swimming
Laurel True, longtime advocate for health, education and human services, dies suddenly at 80
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education,
KCHIP,
Medicaid,
mental health
Harlan County Schools look for school-nurse help after county health department, which had done it for free, asks for $10,000
http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23219874/article-Board-tackles-nurse-issue? Update: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/2...
Study shows talking with college students about binge drinking makes them think about it
College students who hear warnings about binge drinking from family or friends are more likely to be concerned about their own alcohol use, ...
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alcohol,
alcohol abuse,
college,
education,
health education,
parenting,
psychology
Kids Count report shows where children in your county and school district rank, in a huge number of measures
Covington schools show 'Fitness Rocks' by lowering body mass, lifting the bars of nutrition, wellness and academic achievement
W. Va. plans private-public model to provide school breakfast, improve child health, fight obesity; could this approach help Ky.?
Study finds only counties in Appalachia, mostly in Kentucky, had increasing rates of death among both sexes as century turned
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Appalachia,
county health,
education,
health rankings,
poverty,
rural health,
women,
women's health
Health care is strong second to economy among concerns of Ky. registered voters; candidates compared on handling of issues
Health care ranks high among the concerns of Kentucky voters, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll taken for the Foundation ...
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economy,
education,
elections,
federal budget,
health reform,
politics,
poll,
reproductive health,
women
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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...
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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...
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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
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Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding... -
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...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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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...
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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
