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Webinar Announcement: Competitive Foods 101
On Monday, May 21, 2012 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, Leadership for Healthy Communities and the Kids' Safe and Healthful Food Project will co-host the first of two webinars on competitive foods in schools. Competitive Foods 101 will provide an overview of the current policy environment, research from the field and expectations for the impact of upcoming national standard updates.
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| Webinar Presentations: Linking Economic Growth to Policies to Prevent Childhood Obesity On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Leadership for Healthy Communities hosted a webinar titled, Making the Connection: Linking Economic Growth to... |
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| National Conference of State Legislatures Legisbrief: Preventing Preschool Obesity Target Audience: Grantees, Policy-makers, Policy Influencers, Private Sector and School AdministratorsFilename:... |
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| Leadership for Healthy Communities Program Evaluation Report: 2007 - 2010 Leadership for Healthy Communities (LHC), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has released its Program Evaluation... |
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