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food
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BBC piece on vitamin research a great example of engaging explanatory journalism
Anyone who has covered medical research for a while knows how fraught it can be to report on vitamin supplements…
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Award-winning series can help you better understand medical studies
Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards included science journalist Christie Aschwanden of FiveThirtyEight, who received the Silver…
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More universities turning to food banks to plug hunger gap
Attending George Washington University in Washington, D.C. costs $68,625 a year, or $274,500 for the four years it takes to…
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Rise in obesity among older adults will increase burden on health system
Obesity in older adults is a very real and growing challenge. Since 1991, there’s been a steady increase in obesity…
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Time to take a look at local efforts to tackle health, poverty
Perhaps 2016 will be the year of the gap – tackling the issue of the working poor who fall between…
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Make use of this AHCJ benefit to help cover food and nutrition issues
When it comes to food as a social determinant of health, the issue can be daunting for reporters. Is it…
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Interactive atlases can help coverage of Diabetes Awareness Month
Sometimes it’s difficult to get a handle on major health determinants in your community, and it’s even harder to make…
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Radio series looks beyond medical care for New York’s least healthy county
The Bronx has ranked as the least-healthy county in New York State for several years running. The news team at…
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Food deserts: Just one facet of an obesogenic world
It seems pretty far-fetched that bringing a supermarket to a disadvantaged neighborhood could, in a matter of months, turn back…
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Eating healthy: Prohibitively expensive or surprisingly cheap?
The highest rates of obesity in the U.S. occur among population groups with the highest poverty rates. This apparent paradox…