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  • Schools Raise Nutrition Standards Without Hurting Bottom Line, Study Shows

    School districts that implemented strong nutrition standards for competitive foods saw their income from food sales drop and then rebound over time with sales of more nutritious fare, according to a report by Jamie Chriqui and colleagues at the Illinois Public Health Institute.

  • State Laws to Improve School Meals Help Teens Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

    Students’ intake of fruits and vegetables increased when states required schools to offer them at lunch, especially among teens who had only unhealthy snacks available at home, reported Dan Taber and colleagues in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

  • UIC Researchers to Study How Young Adults Use E-cigarettes, Snus

    How are young adults, who smoke cigarettes at the highest rate of any age group, responding to the increasing number of alternative tobacco products? With a new grant from NCI, Robin Mermelstein and a multidisciplinary team of investigators will explore this question.

  • Salsa Adds Spice for Older Adults

    With a new NIH grant, David Marquez will learn whether a salsa dance program improved the health and physical activity levels of Latino seniors. Pilot work for this intervention was supported by the Midwest Roybal Center.

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