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EAT Healthy New Haven Publishes Nutrition Advice for Parents of Young Children

admin on 03 24, 2010 | No Comments

EAT Healthy New Haven Publishes Nutrition Advice for Parents of Young Children

EAT (Education, Advocacy, Teamwork) Healthy New Haven was founded in 2006 with the goal of creating a health-promoting environment for families in the greater New Haven area.   Based at the Rudd Cent

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New RWJF Interactive Tobacco Map Highlights Local Policy Concerns

admin on 03 11, 2010 | No Comments

New RWJF Interactive Tobacco Map Highlights Local Policy Concerns

For the first time, a new, interactive map from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives policy-makers and advocates a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key tobacco control policie

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New USDA Atlas Compares Food Environments of U.S. Counties

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New USDA Atlas Compares Food Environments of U.S. Counties

Your Food Environment Atlas is an online mapping tool that assembles statistics on food environment indicators and provides a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its s

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GPS “Mobile Mappers,” Surveys Document Health Equity Issues in New Haven

Mark on 11 2, 2009 | No Comments

GPS

Orange Teams Launch City Health Effort A major initiative to promote chronic disease prevention by focusing on the three risk factors which play a role in more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths -

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VTPI: How to Make Walkable Neighborhoods More Affordable

Mark on 10 15, 2009 | No Comments

VTPI: How to Make Walkable Neighborhoods More Affordable

An interesting analysis posted on the NRDC Switchboard blog has relevance to those concerned about affordable housing issues in New Haven. As walkable neighborhoods become more desirable (which may be

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Health Survey of New Haven Residents Seeks to Stem Growing Rates of Chronic Disease

Mark on 09 30, 2009 | No Comments

A press conference to kick off this project is scheduled for Friday, October 2, 2009, at 11 a.m. in City Hall. (New Haven, CT) September 24, 2009.  Residents of six New Haven neighborhoods will b

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