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Parents' Influence On Children's Eating Habits Is Small, New Study Finds
The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home and that parents" dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors may need rethinking, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An examination of dietary intakes and patterns among U.S. families found that the resemblance between children"s and their parents" eating habits is weak. The results are published in the May 25, 2009, issue of Social Science and Medicine.

Outcomes Improved By Early Mobilization Of Patients In ICU
Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility that can impair their daily functioning and even lead to increased risk of morbidity and mortality down the line. Now research shows that functional status may be restored earlier to ICU patients by performing daily interruptions in sedation paired with mobilization and exercise, as led by physical and occupational therapists.
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Some Strategic Limitation On Individual Knowledge Could Improve The Performance Of A Large And Complex Group, Ant Study Suggests
In a study released online on July 22 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, researchers at Arizona State University and Princeton University show that ants can accomplish a task more rationally than our - multimodal, egg-headed, tool-using, bipedal, opposing-thumbed - selves.
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What"s Up, Docs? The Wall Street Journal The AMA is essentially saying that if doctors get paid more, all else is negotiable. It can"t last (7/20). The Time To Act On Health Care Crisis Is Now The Nevada Appeal Some in Washington, and here in Nevada, are telling us that we cannot afford health reform, and that we need to wait. This just doesn"t make sense (Carla Sloan, 7/19). I Probably Won"t Be Your Family Doctor The Baltimore Sun With the number of senior citizens rapidly growing, by 2020 we will likely lack 200,000 physicians. So why do only two percent of medical students choose family medicine (Aggarwal, 7/19). Health Care Never Never Land The Atlanta Journal Constitution Once again, success in the business arena is punished in the government arena. Truly, this bill is a monstrosity (Barr, 7/20). Where Is Competition In Our Current Health Care Debate? Fort Worth Business Press Since when is government needed to stoke competition? Competition is what happens when government lets people alone (Stossel, 7/20). A Trillion Here, A Trillion There Politico Businesses will, in effect, be forced to send employees into the Democrats" government-run health care. It"s really not something to argue about, it is a fact (Jindal, 7/20). Costs And Benefits The New York Times [Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas] Elmendorf"s testimony should prod Democratic leaders to come up with more and better ways to restrain costs for federal programs and the health care system as a whole (7/19). Controlling Costs Won"t Limit Care Roll Call The idea of "rationing" is a myth, and anything resembling it will not be a part of health care reform (Kohl, 7/20). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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