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Help Make School Lunches Healthier

  Lunch Line Trailer from uji films on Vimeo. To help Wake County citizens and decision makers have constructive conversations about school lunches, Advocates for Health in Action is sponsoring two screenings of Lunch Line in November.  Lunch Line is a documentary chronicling the creation of the National School Lunch Program. If you are a […]

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Taste of Home Recipes

  Weren’t able to drop your whisks and grab your friends to join us for fun at the Taste of Home Cooking School show? Try making these tasty, heart healthy treats at home. Corporate and Community Health Dietitian Stacy Kropp put her heart healthy stamp on these exceptional recipes co-created by Cafe 3000 Chef Jennifer LeGrande and Sous Chef Chris […]

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Are You Daycare Diet Aware?

Laura Aiken is a community health specialist with WakeMed and director of Advocates for Health in Action. Yesterday the House approved and sent to the Senate legislation that would direct the state Child Care Commission to create stronger nutritional standards for childcare centers. The bill, as origionally introduced, included provisions limiting sugar-sweetened beverages and prohibiting […]

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Fresh, Local Food for All

Laura Aiken is a community health specialist with WakeMed and director of Advocates for Health in Action. Once again, Wake County is leading the way in providing healthy options for our citizens. Beginning June 26, the Western Wake Farmers’ Market in Cary will provide low‐income individuals improved access to fresh, wholesome food by accepting Electronic […]

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Mealtime Makeovers

Caroline Youngblood is manager in public relations and editor of Heart to Heart, WakeMed Heart Center’s magazine. WakeMed Heart to Heart is starting a new feature — Mealtime Makeovers. Here is what we have in mind and how you can help make it great! Family gatherings wouldn’t be the same without Great Grandma’s cheesy potato […]

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Families Be Fit Together

Are you an overweight parent who doesn’t want your child to follow in your footsteps? Are you concerned that bad dietary and exercise habits may already be ingrained in your child’s routine?  If so, then tomorrow’s Twitter Chat is for you.  The fourth in a series, we’ll be tweeting for Marjorie Wilson, an education specialist with Children’s Diabetes […]

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