Obesity, Diet, and Activity
School & Community Influences
Influences on Adolescent Physical Activity and Diet.
Through funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health, we are examining the influence of school and community influences on adolescent physical activity and diet through a telephone survey with over 2500 families in New Hampshire and Vermont. The first survey is scheduled to begin in February 2007.
Supermarket Nutrition Navigation System Launched.
Guiding Stars features a symbol of a figure with one, two or three stars, on food shelf tags in the supermarket. One star is good nutritional value; two stars is better nutritional value; three stars is best nutrional value.
