Obesity within the next 10 years is expected to overtake tobacco as the major cause of preventable death in the United States. The debilitating physical and social effects of obesity are seen at all ages, but they are most alarming when they strike children. KHI researchers and journalists work to describe the implications for social, financial and health care systems and to highlight the most promising means of obesity prevention.
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Legislation being considered by Congress could lead to changes in what children in Kansas and elsewhere around the nation eat at school.
0 | Mar. 02, 2010 |
A look at how well Kansans’ nutritional intake conforms to the national recommended dietary guidelines.
0 | Nov. 08, 2006 |
A new statewide survey shows that racial and ethnic minorities in Kansas, particularly blacks and Hispanics, are more likely than their white counterparts, to be overweight or obese.
0 | Nov. 01, 2006 |
The growing awareness of the social and medical impact of overweight and obesity has encouraged the development of local, state and federal initiatives. These efforts are particularly important when they target youth, because eating and activity patterns established in childhood have been shown to carry into adulthood. To better understand the health environment for Kansas youth, this study examined key policies and practices that affect public school children across the state.
0 | Oct. 18, 2006 |
Obesity is recognized as a public health problem, but has it also become a public policy problem that demands the attention of policymakers?
0 | Aug. 01, 2004 |
The epidemic of obesity is one of the greatest risks to Americans' health. Public health experts have projected that 500,000 Americans will die from diseases associated with obesity in 2005.
1 | Jan. 30, 2012 |
A top official at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services defended a change in policy that has resulted in at least 1,000 children being dropped from the state’s food stamp program.
0 | Nov. 30, 2011 |
Dr. Kent Thornburg is known for his work on how genetics, prenatal nutrition and other environmental influences can create risk for childhood obesity and heart disease later in life.
1 | Nov. 28, 2011 |
Officials with the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services say the policy to calculate eligibility for the food stamp program is fairer than the one it replaced.
0 | Oct. 31, 2011 |
Kansas will receive nearly $350,000 in federal grants to combat childhood obesity through nutrition and exercise programs.
0 | Oct. 26, 2011 |
A new childhood obesity research center has been launched by the University of Kansas Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, officials at KU Med announced this week. The new Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition is aimed at pooling the resources and data of two partner institutions.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
0 | Jan. 01, 2009 |
This introduction to the issue of underinsurance discusses the difficulty in determining what constitutes underinsurance and alerts policymakers to issues they should consider when addressing this issue.
0 | Feb. 03, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, following the troubled tenure of Rob Siedlecki, who resigned in December after just a year at the post.
0 | Feb. 02, 2012 |
Two bills before a House corrections committee are aimed at growing problems among youths in Leavenworth County, according to county officials.
0 | Jan. 25, 2012 |
The head of the Medicaid fraud unit at the Kansas Attorney General’s Office told lawmakers it was easy to cheat programs that provide in-home services for the disabled and the frail elderly.
0 | Sep. 11, 2008 |
TOPEKA, Sept. 11 - Videos of the recent health-care forum at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics have been posted on the Web site of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
3 | Jun. 22, 2011 |
In this video, KHI senior analyst Tatiana Lin discusses community water fluoridation from a public health perspective.
1 | Jan. 30, 2012 |
A top official at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services defended a change in policy that has resulted in at least 1,000 children being dropped from the state’s food stamp program.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday hinted that his administration might use a portion of the revenues gained from his proposed elimination of the state’s earned income tax credit to help reduce long-standing waiting lists for services for the disabled.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
A Wichita lawmaker has introduced a bill that would remove long-term care services for the developmentally disabled from the governor's plan to expand Medicaid managed care.
1 | Jan. 17, 2012 |
Recent cuts in community mental health center budgets are harming veterans and their families, according to a center director.
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