The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is teaming up with the Henkel Corporation on a campaign to help kids get fit by providing the opportunity for three schools to earn $10,000 each toward their physical education and physical activity plans. Anyone can submit a nomination on behalf of a school by answering “What would your school do with $10,000 to improve youth fitness?” Apply now!
http://www.henkelhelps.com/
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
CDC Study Recommends R Rating for Movie Smoking
CDC Study Recommends R Rating for Movie Smoking
By Zack Stieber
Epoch Times Staff
Seeing depictions of smoking in movies increases the probability that youths will start smoking themselves, says a recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Youth who are heavily exposed to such imagery are two to three times more likely to take up smoking, compared to youth that are lightly exposed.
The findings are detailed in a report by the CDC released July 15; an update to an earlier report released in 2010.
A key part of the report is the amount of state subsidies that go toward attracting movie production, totaling $1 billion each year. The top 15 states providing subsidies spent more in 2010 for productions—$288 million—than they budgeted for their state tobacco-control programs, $280 million.
In these pressing economic times, when states “are cutting teachers, firemen, ... [and] everything imaginable, for states to give movies with smoking [such] subsidies, is obscene,” said Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a corresponding contributor to the recent CDC report, in a phone interview with The Epoch Times.
The report recommends that state and local health departments work with state policy makers to limit subsidies, only providing funding to tobacco-free movies.
Incidentally, the number of smoking incidents in top-grossing movies has been steadily decreasing since 2005, especially those directed toward youth (G, PG, and PG-13).
The decrease in smoking incidents comes since three of the six motion picture companies that make up the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have implemented policies that have limited “unimportant” smoking incidents in films directed toward youth.
The percentage drop since that time is 95.8 percent in movies from the three companies with policies, compared with a 41.7 percent drop for the other three major motion picture studios, and independent companies.
The report recommends multiple measures to further reduce youth exposure to smoking on-screen. The CDC suggests that the MPAA give any movie with tobacco incidents an “R” rating, with the exceptions of movies that portray historical figures that smoked, and those that display the negative effects of tobacco use.
Elizabeth Kaltman, vice president of Corporate Communications for MPAA, said in a phone interview, “The studios and the industry takes this seriously,” and that they have all made efforts to reduce smoking incidents in films.
However, “The purpose of the movie rating system is not to prevent material from ending up on screen ... [it] is to provide information to parents about what's appropriate for their own children. They provide information and descriptors,” she said.
As an example of a recent public debate, Glantz disagreed with Avatar director James Cameron's choice of a main character smoking in the movie, saying it was unnecessary. Cameron responded by saying that the character was not meant to be a role model, and that movies should reflect reality.
As a former employee of NASA, Glantz said over the phone that that point is defeated by the character smoking in a type of rocket ship, which was unrealistic.
During the 20th century, the tobacco industry worked to influence public perception toward the idea that smoking was actually beneficial.
By Zack Stieber
Epoch Times Staff
Seeing depictions of smoking in movies increases the probability that youths will start smoking themselves, says a recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Youth who are heavily exposed to such imagery are two to three times more likely to take up smoking, compared to youth that are lightly exposed.
The findings are detailed in a report by the CDC released July 15; an update to an earlier report released in 2010.
A key part of the report is the amount of state subsidies that go toward attracting movie production, totaling $1 billion each year. The top 15 states providing subsidies spent more in 2010 for productions—$288 million—than they budgeted for their state tobacco-control programs, $280 million.
In these pressing economic times, when states “are cutting teachers, firemen, ... [and] everything imaginable, for states to give movies with smoking [such] subsidies, is obscene,” said Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a corresponding contributor to the recent CDC report, in a phone interview with The Epoch Times.
The report recommends that state and local health departments work with state policy makers to limit subsidies, only providing funding to tobacco-free movies.
Incidentally, the number of smoking incidents in top-grossing movies has been steadily decreasing since 2005, especially those directed toward youth (G, PG, and PG-13).
The decrease in smoking incidents comes since three of the six motion picture companies that make up the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have implemented policies that have limited “unimportant” smoking incidents in films directed toward youth.
The percentage drop since that time is 95.8 percent in movies from the three companies with policies, compared with a 41.7 percent drop for the other three major motion picture studios, and independent companies.
The report recommends multiple measures to further reduce youth exposure to smoking on-screen. The CDC suggests that the MPAA give any movie with tobacco incidents an “R” rating, with the exceptions of movies that portray historical figures that smoked, and those that display the negative effects of tobacco use.
Elizabeth Kaltman, vice president of Corporate Communications for MPAA, said in a phone interview, “The studios and the industry takes this seriously,” and that they have all made efforts to reduce smoking incidents in films.
However, “The purpose of the movie rating system is not to prevent material from ending up on screen ... [it] is to provide information to parents about what's appropriate for their own children. They provide information and descriptors,” she said.
As an example of a recent public debate, Glantz disagreed with Avatar director James Cameron's choice of a main character smoking in the movie, saying it was unnecessary. Cameron responded by saying that the character was not meant to be a role model, and that movies should reflect reality.
As a former employee of NASA, Glantz said over the phone that that point is defeated by the character smoking in a type of rocket ship, which was unrealistic.
During the 20th century, the tobacco industry worked to influence public perception toward the idea that smoking was actually beneficial.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
F.D.A. Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs
From the New York Times - November 10, 2010
By GARDINER HARRIS
Federal drug regulators on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages, including one showing a toe tag on a corpse and another in which a mother blows smoke on her baby.
Designed to cover half the surface area of a pack or carton of cigarettes, and a fifth of any advertisements for them, the labels are intended to spur smokers to quit by providing graphic reminders of tobacco’s dangers. The labels are required under a law passed last year that gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate, but not ban, tobacco products for the first time.
To read the entire article from the New York Times Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/health/policy/11tobacco.html?scp=3&sq=tobacck%20packaging&st=cse.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
School Vending Machine Mini-Grants
The Prevention Connections School Vending program is accepting applications for up to 75 mini-grants for $500 each to support a healthy vending initiative in Virginia Title I middle schools as well as high schools with at least a 40% enrollment rate in the school’s free and reduced lunch program.
This is a great opportunity for schools/students to look at what is offered in their vending machines during the school day.
To learn more about the mini-grants visit: http://www.preventionconnections.org/funding.shtml.
Friday, October 22, 2010
A Farm to Go
Mark Lilly Transformed a School Bus into a Roving Farm Stand to Bring Produce Straight to City Dwellers Who Can't Always Get Fresh Food
He bought a $3,600 used bus on Craigslist and created partnerships with farmers like Christie Huger, whose dairy farm produces natural milk and cheese. "We had to laugh," says Huger. "That bus should be in the junkyard, but here it is reaching a lot of people who can't get to the farm."
Read more about the Farm to Family Bus here.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wal-Mart Plans Drive to Buy More Locally Grown Produce
Wal-Mart announced a program on Thursday that would focus on sustainable agriculture among its suppliers, as it tries to expand its efforts to improve environmental efficiency among its suppliers.
The program is intended to put more locally grown food in Wal-Mart stores in the United States, invest in training and infrastructure for small and medium-size farmers, particularly in emerging markets, and begin to measure the efficiency of large suppliers in growing and getting their produce to market.
Read more about Wal-Mart's plans here.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Prevention Connections Offers Safe Routes to School Grants
Prevention Connections’ Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is accepting applications for mini-grants of $2,000 for communities to sponsor a Walk and Bike to School event. Safe Routes to School is a federal program designed to help children to be more physically active and can assist schools and communities struggling with safety, transportation costs and traffic challenges.
The goals of the mini-grant program are to (1) increase awareness of the benefits of safe walking/biking to school, (2) increase the number of youth engaging in physical activity through walking/biking to school and (3) provide schools with resources on SRTS best practices and additional funding opportunities.
The mini-grants specifically target low-income areas. Studies show that these children face a higher risk of being injured or killed as pedestrians. The mini-grant program is intended to be a catalyst for these communities to begin to examine ways to make the environment safer and more accessible for children to walk and bike to school, as well as to connect these groups with larger funding opportunities.
The application is available online at www.preventionconnections.org. In order to apply, the targeted schools must be Title I elementary and/or middle schools in Virginia. A variety of groups are encouraged to apply including PTAs, local governments, community agencies and nonprofits, etc.
The deadline for applications is Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:59 p.m. For any additional information, contact Ashley Johnson, SRTS Program Manager, at (804) 225-3004 or ajohnson@preventionconnections.org.
The goals of the mini-grant program are to (1) increase awareness of the benefits of safe walking/biking to school, (2) increase the number of youth engaging in physical activity through walking/biking to school and (3) provide schools with resources on SRTS best practices and additional funding opportunities.
The mini-grants specifically target low-income areas. Studies show that these children face a higher risk of being injured or killed as pedestrians. The mini-grant program is intended to be a catalyst for these communities to begin to examine ways to make the environment safer and more accessible for children to walk and bike to school, as well as to connect these groups with larger funding opportunities.
The application is available online at www.preventionconnections.org. In order to apply, the targeted schools must be Title I elementary and/or middle schools in Virginia. A variety of groups are encouraged to apply including PTAs, local governments, community agencies and nonprofits, etc.
The deadline for applications is Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:59 p.m. For any additional information, contact Ashley Johnson, SRTS Program Manager, at (804) 225-3004 or ajohnson@preventionconnections.org.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Happy Tax day and Quarterly repot day!!!!!!
Bad news - Taxes are due today......Good news - so are the VFHY 3rd quarter reports.
If you are a VFHY program grantee, and you have not yet done so, please submit your 3rd quarter reports via email by close of business today.
If you need any assistance with this report, please don't hesitate to call or email me at:
434-842-9149 or henry.harper@healthyyouthva.org
Oh, and while your out here in cyber space, don't forget to look us up on Facebook and Twiter and become a fan.
If you are a VFHY program grantee, and you have not yet done so, please submit your 3rd quarter reports via email by close of business today.
If you need any assistance with this report, please don't hesitate to call or email me at:
434-842-9149 or henry.harper@healthyyouthva.org
Oh, and while your out here in cyber space, don't forget to look us up on Facebook and Twiter and become a fan.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
3rd Quarter Reports Due Soon
Hey Central Region VFHY grantees. Here's your reminder that your 3rd quarter reports are due on April 15. Please remember to update any completion dates, upcoming events, success stories, and barriers you may have had this quarter.
As always, give me a call or shoot me an email if you need any assistance with the report.
Thanks!!!!!!!
As always, give me a call or shoot me an email if you need any assistance with the report.
Thanks!!!!!!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
New Commercials from VFHY
The latest round of VFHY commercials are hitting the air this week and are sure to raise awareness, and some eyebrows as well. Click the link below to enjoy a sneak peak at these new ads.
Monday, March 22, 2010
RAB training and recognition in Staunton
Thanks to the Central regional advisory board members that attended the foundations recognition dinner and training on March 15 and 16. You guys not only are a huge asset to the foundation, but great looking as well.
VFHY on Twitter and Facebook
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth is now live on Twitter and Facebook. Please become a fan by visiting us at http://twitter.com/healthyyouthva on twitter and http://tinyurl.com/yaz5qx7 on Facebook.
See you there.
See you there.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
First annual Virginia Healthy Youth Day
What: 250 school children will promote physical fitness and childhood obesity prevention by exercising on the State Capitol grounds with Virginia university mascots and instructors from American Family Fitness. SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
Where: Virginia State Capitol Bell Tower, 101 N. 9th St. (In case of bad weather, the event will be moved indoors to VCU Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.)
When: Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Where: Virginia State Capitol Bell Tower, 101 N. 9th St. (In case of bad weather, the event will be moved indoors to VCU Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.)
When: Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Smokeless-Tobacco Use By 12th Graders Hits 11-Year High
By Richard Craver, Media General News Service, 2 weeks, 6 days ago
The use of smokeless-tobacco products reached an 11-year high among 12th graders nationwide in 2009, according to the annual Monitoring the Future study released yesterday. The study by University of Michigan researchers found that 8.4 percent of 12th graders used the products within a 30-day period - the highest level since 8.8 percent in 1998. The rate had been as low as 6.1 percent in 2006 and was 6.5 percent in 2008. The rate of use among 8th graders rose from 3.5 percent in 2008 to 3.7 percent in 2009, while the use among 10th graders increased from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. By comparison, 20.1 percent of 12th graders said they smoked within a 30-day period compared with 20.4 percent in 2008. The study, in its 35th year, included 46,097 8th, 10th and 12th graders from 389 schools. It also showed that marijuana use is becoming more popular among U.S. teens and that they have cut down on binge drinking and using methamphetamine. The study comes on the heels of a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month that showed that more local high-school students were using marijuana than smoking cigarettes. Most researchers and analysts say that it is too soon to tell whether the combination of new smokeless-tobacco products, particularly at subsidiaries of Reynolds American Inc., and recent prominent advertising in magazines played a prominent role in the increases in the use of smokeless-tobacco products. But the report is likely to stoke further debate between two sets of anti-smoking groups. One set says smokeless tobacco serves as gateway products for teenagers to cigarettes. The other set encourages the products as a way to reduce the risk of tobacco use compared with cigarettes. "These new products no doubt appeal to kids because they are easy to conceal, carry the names of youth-popular cigarette brands, and come in candy-like forms and flavors," said Matthew Myers, the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "More than 60 percent of smokeless marketing is spent on price discounts, including coupons, that make smokeless tobacco products more affordable and appealing to price-sensitive youth customers." Among the more outspoken proponents of smokeless-tobacco products as reduced-risk alternatives has been Bill Godshall, the executive director of SmokeFree Pennsylvania. "It appears that more youth smokers, like adult smokers, are beginning to substitute smokeless tobacco for cigarettes," Godshall said. "Since cigarettes are 100 times more hazardous than smokeless tobacco, public health benefits every time a smoker switches to smokeless, regardless of age." The increased marketing of smokeless tobacco likely has had some effect on teenagers, said Dr. John Spangler, a professor of family and community medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Spangler is involved in federally funded research aimed at developing strategy for reducing use or even quitting smokeless-tobacco products. "It should be noted that research does not support the concept that people will quit smoking by switching to smokeless," Spangler said. "In fact, there is a very high risk that smokers who turn to smokeless tobacco become dual users of cigarettes and oral tobacco." David Howard, a Reynolds spokesman, said that "it is a guiding principle of the company that youth should not use tobacco products. All of our marketing communications are designed for, and communicate with, adult tobacco consumers." Although it was the 10th time in the past 12 years that the smoking rate among 12th graders declined, anti-tobacco advocates said they are concerned by the marginal drop. That's because the number of adults who smoke rose from 19.7 percent in 2007 to 20.6 percent - or 46 million Americans - in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The proportions of students seeing a great risk associated with being a smoker has leveled off in the past several years," Johnston said. One factor in the continuing decline of cigarette smoking among teenagers may be hormonal - 81 percent of 8th graders, 80 percent of 10th graders and 75 percent of 12th graders said "they would prefer to date people who don't smoke." "It is clear that any young person today who becomes a smoker will pay an important social price for that choice by becoming less attractive to the great majority of the opposite sex," the researchers said. Teens and tobacco use Although the decline in cigarette use among teenagers has slowed recently, use of smokeless tobacco is rebounding. Grade 1999 smoking rate 2004 rate 2009 rate. Eighth 17.5 percent 9.2 percent 6.5 percent. Tenth 25.7 percent 16 percent 13.1 percent. Twelfth 34.6 percent 24.4 percent 20.1 percent. Grade 1999 smokeless rate 2004 rate 2009 rate. Eighth 4.5 percent 4.1 percent 3.7 percent. Tenth 6.5 percent 4.9 percent 6.5 percent. Twelfth 8.4 percent 6.7 percent 8.4 percent. Source: Monitoring the Future study by University of Michigan researcher.
The use of smokeless-tobacco products reached an 11-year high among 12th graders nationwide in 2009, according to the annual Monitoring the Future study released yesterday. The study by University of Michigan researchers found that 8.4 percent of 12th graders used the products within a 30-day period - the highest level since 8.8 percent in 1998. The rate had been as low as 6.1 percent in 2006 and was 6.5 percent in 2008. The rate of use among 8th graders rose from 3.5 percent in 2008 to 3.7 percent in 2009, while the use among 10th graders increased from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. By comparison, 20.1 percent of 12th graders said they smoked within a 30-day period compared with 20.4 percent in 2008. The study, in its 35th year, included 46,097 8th, 10th and 12th graders from 389 schools. It also showed that marijuana use is becoming more popular among U.S. teens and that they have cut down on binge drinking and using methamphetamine. The study comes on the heels of a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month that showed that more local high-school students were using marijuana than smoking cigarettes. Most researchers and analysts say that it is too soon to tell whether the combination of new smokeless-tobacco products, particularly at subsidiaries of Reynolds American Inc., and recent prominent advertising in magazines played a prominent role in the increases in the use of smokeless-tobacco products. But the report is likely to stoke further debate between two sets of anti-smoking groups. One set says smokeless tobacco serves as gateway products for teenagers to cigarettes. The other set encourages the products as a way to reduce the risk of tobacco use compared with cigarettes. "These new products no doubt appeal to kids because they are easy to conceal, carry the names of youth-popular cigarette brands, and come in candy-like forms and flavors," said Matthew Myers, the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "More than 60 percent of smokeless marketing is spent on price discounts, including coupons, that make smokeless tobacco products more affordable and appealing to price-sensitive youth customers." Among the more outspoken proponents of smokeless-tobacco products as reduced-risk alternatives has been Bill Godshall, the executive director of SmokeFree Pennsylvania. "It appears that more youth smokers, like adult smokers, are beginning to substitute smokeless tobacco for cigarettes," Godshall said. "Since cigarettes are 100 times more hazardous than smokeless tobacco, public health benefits every time a smoker switches to smokeless, regardless of age." The increased marketing of smokeless tobacco likely has had some effect on teenagers, said Dr. John Spangler, a professor of family and community medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Spangler is involved in federally funded research aimed at developing strategy for reducing use or even quitting smokeless-tobacco products. "It should be noted that research does not support the concept that people will quit smoking by switching to smokeless," Spangler said. "In fact, there is a very high risk that smokers who turn to smokeless tobacco become dual users of cigarettes and oral tobacco." David Howard, a Reynolds spokesman, said that "it is a guiding principle of the company that youth should not use tobacco products. All of our marketing communications are designed for, and communicate with, adult tobacco consumers." Although it was the 10th time in the past 12 years that the smoking rate among 12th graders declined, anti-tobacco advocates said they are concerned by the marginal drop. That's because the number of adults who smoke rose from 19.7 percent in 2007 to 20.6 percent - or 46 million Americans - in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The proportions of students seeing a great risk associated with being a smoker has leveled off in the past several years," Johnston said. One factor in the continuing decline of cigarette smoking among teenagers may be hormonal - 81 percent of 8th graders, 80 percent of 10th graders and 75 percent of 12th graders said "they would prefer to date people who don't smoke." "It is clear that any young person today who becomes a smoker will pay an important social price for that choice by becoming less attractive to the great majority of the opposite sex," the researchers said. Teens and tobacco use Although the decline in cigarette use among teenagers has slowed recently, use of smokeless tobacco is rebounding. Grade 1999 smoking rate 2004 rate 2009 rate. Eighth 17.5 percent 9.2 percent 6.5 percent. Tenth 25.7 percent 16 percent 13.1 percent. Twelfth 34.6 percent 24.4 percent 20.1 percent. Grade 1999 smokeless rate 2004 rate 2009 rate. Eighth 4.5 percent 4.1 percent 3.7 percent. Tenth 6.5 percent 4.9 percent 6.5 percent. Twelfth 8.4 percent 6.7 percent 8.4 percent. Source: Monitoring the Future study by University of Michigan researcher.
Monday, November 16, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline signs smoking vaccine licensing agreement with Nabi
Melly Alazraki
Not two months after the Swiss start-up Cytos's experimental anti-smoking vaccine failed in a mid-stage study, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have signed a licensing agreement for Nabi's own anti-smoking vaccine, NicVAX. The deal, which could potentially be worth more than half a billion dollars, helped push NABI shares 25% higher.
NicVAX is an experimental therapy for the treatment of nicotine addiction and the prevention of smoking relapse. The vaccine is designed to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies that bind to the nicotine molecules. Once bound together, they are too large to cross the blood-brain barrier. In this way, the nicotine is blocked from reaching the receptors in the brain that cause the highly-addictive pleasure sensation experienced by smokers and users of nicotine products. When nicotine is prevented from supplying them the sensation they crave, smokers have an easier time kicking the habit.
"If approved, this smoking cessation vaccine technology could be a novel solution to help the millions of smokers who want to stop smoking and remain abstinent; a habit that is well documented to be very hard to stop permanently," said Jean Stephenne, president of GSK Biologicals.
Indeed, smokers who try to stop often relapse. According to Nabi, pre-clinical and clinical data show that NicVAX can help people quit smoking. But what's also crucial is that because the antibodies remain in the blood stream for 6 to 12 months, Nabi believes the vaccine could also be effective in preventing smoking relapse. Currently available smoking cessation therapies, the companies said, have relapse rates that can be as high as 90% in the first year after a smoker quits.
Click here for the full story: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/glaxosmithkline-signs-smoking-vaccine-licensing-agreement-with-n/
Not two months after the Swiss start-up Cytos's experimental anti-smoking vaccine failed in a mid-stage study, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have signed a licensing agreement for Nabi's own anti-smoking vaccine, NicVAX. The deal, which could potentially be worth more than half a billion dollars, helped push NABI shares 25% higher.
NicVAX is an experimental therapy for the treatment of nicotine addiction and the prevention of smoking relapse. The vaccine is designed to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies that bind to the nicotine molecules. Once bound together, they are too large to cross the blood-brain barrier. In this way, the nicotine is blocked from reaching the receptors in the brain that cause the highly-addictive pleasure sensation experienced by smokers and users of nicotine products. When nicotine is prevented from supplying them the sensation they crave, smokers have an easier time kicking the habit.
"If approved, this smoking cessation vaccine technology could be a novel solution to help the millions of smokers who want to stop smoking and remain abstinent; a habit that is well documented to be very hard to stop permanently," said Jean Stephenne, president of GSK Biologicals.
Indeed, smokers who try to stop often relapse. According to Nabi, pre-clinical and clinical data show that NicVAX can help people quit smoking. But what's also crucial is that because the antibodies remain in the blood stream for 6 to 12 months, Nabi believes the vaccine could also be effective in preventing smoking relapse. Currently available smoking cessation therapies, the companies said, have relapse rates that can be as high as 90% in the first year after a smoker quits.
Click here for the full story: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/glaxosmithkline-signs-smoking-vaccine-licensing-agreement-with-n/
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Obesity linked to specific cancers
About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight.
The analysis, released today by the American Institute for Cancer Research, is based on updated cancer data and a report released earlier this year by a panel of experts. Among the types of cancer most strongly linked to excess body fat:
•Breast, 33,000 cases a year caused by obesity.
•Endometrial, 20,700 cases a year.
•Kidney, 13,900 cases.
•Colorectal, 13,200 cases.
•Pancreas, 11,900.
•Esophagus, 5,800.
•Gallbladder, 2,000.
For the full story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2009-11-05-obesity_N.htm
The analysis, released today by the American Institute for Cancer Research, is based on updated cancer data and a report released earlier this year by a panel of experts. Among the types of cancer most strongly linked to excess body fat:
•Breast, 33,000 cases a year caused by obesity.
•Endometrial, 20,700 cases a year.
•Kidney, 13,900 cases.
•Colorectal, 13,200 cases.
•Pancreas, 11,900.
•Esophagus, 5,800.
•Gallbladder, 2,000.
For the full story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2009-11-05-obesity_N.htm
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
VFHY Central Region RAB to meet Nov. 6 in Charlottesville
The Regional Advisory Board of the Central region will be meeting this Friday, from 10:30am to noon, at the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center. This meeting is being conducted to bring the members of the advisory board up to date on the happenings of the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, and to give 2 regional grantees the opportunity to show off what they are doing with their VFHY funded programs.
The agenda for this meeting can be obtained by contacting me directly. If you are interested in presenting at an RAB meeting, please contact me and I will get you on our next meetings agenda.
The agenda for this meeting can be obtained by contacting me directly. If you are interested in presenting at an RAB meeting, please contact me and I will get you on our next meetings agenda.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Two cigarette makers boosting pack prices
The nation's two top cigarette-makers are boosting per-pack prices by 6 to 8 cents a pack.
Though the companies won't say why, analysts believe it is to cover new user fees charged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pay for the costs of its new assignment to regulate tobacco.
The increase on what Altria's Philip Morris USA and Reynolds American's RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. charge wholesalers seems unlikely to have a big effect on smoking, as this spring's 61.66 cent-a-pack hike in federal excise taxes did.
Last week, Altria Group Inc. chairman and chief executive Michael E. Szymanczyk told analysts the effect of that tax hike accounted for about two-thirds of the 16 percent drop in the number of cigarettes it sold in the third quarter. The rest came from wholesalers' inventory reductions.
For full story, follow this link: Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, 2009-10-29
Though the companies won't say why, analysts believe it is to cover new user fees charged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pay for the costs of its new assignment to regulate tobacco.
The increase on what Altria's Philip Morris USA and Reynolds American's RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. charge wholesalers seems unlikely to have a big effect on smoking, as this spring's 61.66 cent-a-pack hike in federal excise taxes did.
Last week, Altria Group Inc. chairman and chief executive Michael E. Szymanczyk told analysts the effect of that tax hike accounted for about two-thirds of the 16 percent drop in the number of cigarettes it sold in the third quarter. The rest came from wholesalers' inventory reductions.
For full story, follow this link: Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, 2009-10-29
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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