Research on prenatal exercise continues to expand, produce healthy results
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 9:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A new study has found that obese people are at risk for being diagnosed with more cancers than previously thought.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published new guidelines on Monday highlighting that childhood obesity can sometimes be addressed with medication and surgery.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 9:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he would be requiring all cars in the state of California to be fully wind-up by 2035.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 5:22 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Three Schools Will Each Be Gifted a $100,000 DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 12:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mysty Blagg’s twins, like most public school students in North Carolina, are falling behind.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor wins his legal battle with the Democratic governor, a leading voice within the state’s political Left might deserve a bit of credit.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In recognition of its engagement and scholarship initiatives, East Carolina University is one of four universities selected to compete for a national award this fall
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 2:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The presentation of a new recognition for philanthropy was the highlight of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees and ECU Foundation dinner on Nov. 10.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 12:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 11:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Late last month, Chief of School Nutrition Services for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Dr. Lynn Harvey appeared before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When seventh-grade science teacher and East Carolina University alumnus Tim Hardison learned his fellow Martin County residents had the shortest life expectancy in the state, he wanted to know why. So he dug a little deeper and discovered his rural, economically challenged county also had...
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: ECU News Services
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If you were tuning in to discover the direction of your nation for the next year, you would have been sadly misinformed.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Joining Vidant was like a homecoming, he said, referring to his training at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, now Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As part of her effort make healthy eating look cool, First Lady Michelle Obama recently posted of short video of herself dancing to a hip-hop song with a turnip in hand.
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 9:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Information sessions are scheduled this month for those interested in enrolling in the Health and Fitness Science Program at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City. Earlier this year, the North Carolina Institute of...
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I watched most of the State of the Union Address; some of you watched all of it, most of you watched none of it, which, in this case, is most understandable.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 12:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City.
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you see obese children and don't wince at what it means for their physical and emotional health, you don't have a heart. But the Left believes you and I should feel much more than concern. The Left thinks you and I are responsible for these kids.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 3:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Task Force on Early Childhood Obesity Prevention, which has spent the last two years brainstorming new policy ideas to decrease obesity in children, soon may go beyond school cafeterias and private child care facilities and take its programs right...
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Community College has been approved to offer course work in the field of Health and Fitness Science, a field that will provide many job opportunities for area residents, college officials announced this week.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 1:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The School Nutrition Association (SNA) recently held its National School Breakfast Week. The 2013 theme, "Be a Star with School Breakfast" helped students understand how eating a healthy breakfast at school helps them shine like their favorite stars.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 @ 7:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Heart disease is the cause in one of every six deaths in the United States, and Vidant Health is raising community awareness about heart health through sponsored events in February.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 10:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, the debate over the role of public schools in promoting healthy lifestyles has intensified. Public health advocates contend that schools can curb obesity by banning the sale of junk food and soda.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, May 3, students across the country celebrated the one-year anniversary of the "Let's Move! Flash Workout," with the support of 16-time Grammy Award winner, Beyonce, and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF).
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 6:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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he substitution of a chicken nugget lunch at a Hoke County pre-kindergarten program in January has done more than raise a few eyebrows. It has raised the ire of many who believe that government is overstepping its regulatory bounds.
Published: Thursday, April 5th, 2012 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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