IN THE NEWS
Here you will find news pieces including opinion editorials, letters to the editor and news stories that highlight ACFN's efforts to promote healthier lifestyles based on a realistic balance between physical activity and sound nutrition.
Kids' Favorite Snack? It's a Fruit Surprise
As appeared in USA Today on 06/15/05
New Weight-Loss Focus: The Lean and the
Restless
As appeared in New York Times on 05/24/05
Reshaping Coles: Program Aims to Slow the
Rate of Obesity and Encourage Residents to Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes
As appeared in Journal & Gazette Times-Courier on
04/11/05
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's ... Superfood!
As appeared in The Associated Press on 04/06/05
Sparing The Calories Won't Spoil The Child
As appeared in Personal Health on 04/05/05
With Sleuthing, You Can Get Whole Grains
As appeared in The Star-Telegram on 03/29/05
To Eat Better, Eat Together
As appeared in The Washington Post on 03/01/05
YMCA Summit Addresses Obesity In Chester
County
As appeared in The Coatesville Ledger on 02/10/05
Finding The Whole
As appeared in The Washington Post on 02/08/05
Question & Answer: Dr. Maureen Storey
As appeared in Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia) on
02/01/05
Food Rules: Read Em And Eat
As appeared in The New York Post on 01/25/05
County Tries To Get People Moving, A Step
At A Time
As appeared in St. Petersburg Times on 01/04/05
'New Pe' Objective: Get Kids In Shape
As appeared in USA Today on 12/15/04
At School, Kids Get Lessons In Living Longer;
Acclaimed Program Instills Healthy Habits
As appeared in Herald News (Passaic County, NJ) on 12/09/04
Governor's Council To Help Young People
Become Fit
As appeared in The Associated Press State & Local Wire
on 12/03/04
A Step Toward Healthier Virginians
As appeared in The Washington Post on 11/10/04
Minnesota Again Named Healthiest State
As appeared in The Associated Press State & Local Wire
on 11/10/04
Schools Will Reward Kids Who Make Good Choices
At Lunch
As appeared in The Associated Press State & Local Wire
on 11/08/04
Arizona Winning Battle Against Obesity
As appeared in The Tucson Citizen on 11/03/04
Registry Tracks Those Who’ve Shed
Pounds And Kept Them Off
As appeared in The Dallas Morning News on 11/02/01
Study Finds Void For Preschool Students;
EXERCISE; Kids Lack Activity, USC Research Says
As appeared in The Myrtle Beach Sun-News on 11/01/04
P.E. Is The Best Antidote To Obesity
As appeared in The Los Angeles Times on 10/20/04
Some Mesa Students To Wear Pedometers
As Part Of Experiment
As appeared in The Associated Press State & Local Wire
on 10/20/04
Gym Teacher Wants To Get Kids Hopping
As appeared in The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) on 10/20/04
9 School Systems In State Will Share $3.5
Million
As appeared in The Lexington Herald Leader on 10/20/04
State Grants Aim To Combat Obesity
As appeared in The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)
on 10/19/04
Fighting Kid Obesity On The Home Front
As appeared in The Washington Post on 10/12/04
Fitness A Step At A Time
As appeared in The Oregonian on 10/07/04
Docs Say Fit Kids Are No Fatheads
As appeared in The Boston Herald on 10/07/04
Everybody Out Of The Car Pool!
As appeared in The Burlington Free Press on 10/07/04
Boys & girls clubs get grant to beef
up fitness programs
As appeared in The Tallahassee Democrat on 10/06/04
New PBS show offers students a tasty way
to learn
As appeared in Contra Costa Times on 10/06/04
On two; fit or fat?
As appeared in The Houston Chronicle on 10/05/04
Efforts to fight childhood obesity have
serious flaws, study finds
As appeared in Lexington Herald Leader on 09/29/04
Medicine; A Push For Phys Ed ; Increasing
Physical Education Time By An Hour A Week Could Have A Significant Effect On
Curbing Obesity Among Young Girls
As appeared in Los Angeles Times on 09/13/04
Gym Is Not Optional In Fighting Childhood
Obesity
As appeared in Chicago Tribune on 09/10/04
More PE Time May Fight Obesity in Girls
As appeared in Associated Press on 09/07/04
Walking, Diet May Be Key in Obesity Fight
As appeared in Associated Press Online on 08/11/04
Beltway Likes Pedometers To Help Tighten
The Belt
As appeared in Contra Costa Times (California) on 08/09/04
Move This Way
As appeared in The Washington Post on 07/20/04
Small steps can lead to weight control
As appeared in Times-Picayune (New Orleans) on 07/11/04
10,000 steps (at least); Walking throughout
the day touted as gradual,
realistic approach to fitness
As appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 07/08/04
Walking for Health Gets an Official Boost
As appeared in The Washington Post on 07/01/04
Children get the skinny on ways to control
weight
As appeared in The Baltimore Sun on 06/30/04
Don't Blame TV
As appeared in The Wall Street Journal on 06/25/04
Carb Unloading
As appeared in The Cincinnati Post on 06/21/04
12 Best Walking Cities - These cities
make great strides for fitness
As appeared in Prevention Magazine on 06/25/04
Rockville Community Paves the Way for Healthful
Living
As appeared in The Washington Post on 06/15/04
Obesity craze's dangerous message: Size,
not health, counts
As appeared in USA Today on 06/09/04
Small Steps Are Urged for Weight Loss
As appeared in The Associated Press on 06/01/04
Kids' foods cutting back on fat; More manufacturers,
restaurants offering healthier options
As appeared in Reuters on 05/24/04
'Elmo,' U.S. Senators Launch Campaign for
Slimmer Kids
As appeared in The Gannett News Service on 05/21/04
A Little Exercise Helps Students Learn
As appeared in Pensacola News Journal on 05/20/04
Fairhill Fanatics Make Fitness Fun
As appeared in The Washington Post on 05/13/04
Author Addresses Obesity in Adolescent Girls
As appeared in The Ledger on 05/11/04
Small steps healthier than shortcuts: Caring
for body takes more than crash diet, requires right 'energy balance'
As appeared in The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune on
04/24/04
State Secretary of Health says during visit
Titusville students may be fittest in the Commonwealth
As appeared in The Titusville (PA) Herald on 04/08/04
Trying to Move America; Melissa Johnson's
Task: Stamp Out Inactivity, Step by Step
As appeared in The Washington Post on 03/30/04
Vending Machines Don't Make Kids Fat
As appeared in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer on 03/30/04
Fight fat with education and food-industry
cooperation
As appeared in The Miami Herald on 03/25/04
The afflictions of affluence
As appeared in The Washington Post on 03/17/04
FDA aims at obesity epidemic; food
labels to be revised to ease calorie counting
As appeared in The Washington Post on 03/13/04
Obesity fight now personal for HHS
Chief ; Thompson puts himself, department on a diet
As appeared in The Washington Post on 03/12/04
Government ads urge Americans to shed
pounds
As appeared in The Wall Street Journal on 03/10/04
Letter to the editor - Reversing obesity
trend
As appeared in The Burlington Free Press on 03/07/04
Fat of the land; Obesity
As appeared in The Economist on 03/06/04
Carb unloading: Is passing the meat
and passing up another food group the answer?
As appeared in The Rocky Mountain News on 02/04/04
People are responsible for weight maintenance
As appeared in The Roanoke Times on 12/19/03
Don't talk turkey – instead, have
a healthy holiday
As appeared in The Miami Herald on 11/27/03
Fighting fat in America
As appeared in The Washington Post on 11/19/03
Communities improve health a step at
a time
As appeared in The Messenger Inquirer on 11/16/03
Trimming the fat
As appeared in The Washington Times on 10/22/03
Grants fit into fitness goals
As appeared in The Fresno Bee on 10/20/03
Editorial: Time to get the fat out
As appeared in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on 08/19/03
We
can beat obesity without a single lawyer (PDF)
As appeared in The Dallas Morning News on 07/27/03