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How public forests in the U.S. nourish and heal millions

News Medical Health Sciences

provide over 255,000 metric tons of food and medicines annually, sustaining millions through wild harvesting and grazing, with profound cultural, nutritional, and economic benefits. Forests in the U.S.

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DeKalb health needs: Better access to providers and healthy food, report finds

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. DeKalb County residents want more options for physical activity and healthy food and better access to health care providers, according to the latest Community Health Needs Assessment. National Institutes of Health grant.

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Global life expectancy to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The trend is largely driven by public health measures that have prevented and improved survival rates from cardiovascular diseases, COVID-19, and a range of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases (CMNNs).

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Public Health Nutritionist Career Overview

Tulane Public Health Blog

Promoting healthy eating habits can help improve public health. While many registered dietitians work with individuals or small groups to encourage them to make healthy nutritional choices, public health nutritionists work with the population as a whole.

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Restricting sugar in children helps prevent diabetes later in life: Study

The Hill

Despite recommendations by public health authorities that children avoid added sugars in food — or foods that have been sweetened in addition to their natural ingredients — about 85 percent of U.S. children eat added sugars every day , according to 2020 findings in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Low-income Washington state households still struggling with food insecurity as pandemic protections end

UW School of Public Health Blog

That’s one of the findings of a food survey of Washington residents from December 2022 to January 2023, run by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Washington State University. student, Health Systems and Population Health at UWSPH; Ashley S. Tseng, Ph.D.

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Stricter toxic chemical rules reduce Californians’ exposures

Environmental Health News

It suggests a tangible public health payoff from the state's more stringent environmental regulations.” California has the strictest chemical regulations of any state, and its policies are more stringent than federal chemical laws.