nutrition

Curry County Focuses on Low Birth Weight Babies

A program run jointly by the Curry County Health Department and AllCare Health Plans, Inc., will work with pregnant women on substance abuse counseling and nutritional assistance
July 27, 2012 -- The Curry County Public Health Department is trying to make a difference in improving the health of newborn babies. Statewide, of the 45,596 babies
born, approximately 6.3 percent had a low birth weight. Although those numbers were considerably lower in Curry County -- only seven out of the 180 babies born that year had a low birth weight – Jan Kaplan, director of Curry County Public Health, believes that figure is still too high. “We want to keep those trends where they are, but it can always be improved.” Read More >>

Nutrition Program for Seniors Goes Without Additional Funding

Demand for the program doubles the number of food vouchers available
March 7, 2012—The recently resolved $300 million deficit in Oregon’s budget meant tough cuts. But the ongoing recession means an ongoing need for funding social programs. One of the programs that fell between those proverbial rock and hard spots this legislative session was the Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program, which helps low-income seniors purchase fresh fruit and vegetables. Read More >>

Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development Focus of OHSU’s New Research Center

Dr. Kent Thornburg, whose research focuses on the developmental origins of disease, will take the helm of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness
February 1, 2012 -- Dr. Kent Thornburg, who teaches in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and is known worldwide for his research into the developmental origins of disease, has been named interim dean of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness, a new research and education center. Read More >>

Debt restructuring, Plans for Nutritional Center Take Center Stage at OHSU

At its board meeting last Friday, a plan was approved to restructure its variable rate debt to a more stable structure
December 6, 2011 – Oregon Health & Science University intends to restructure approximately $210 million of its variable rate debt, and replace old auction rate debt with a more stable funding structure following Friday’s board meeting. Read More >>

Oregon Waits for Menu Labeling to Take Effect

With a federal law preempting Oregon law, the federal law must take effect before menus are labeled with caloric content
July 27, 2011—Oregon public health advocates celebrated a hard fought victory in 2009 when the Legislature passed one of the nation’s strongest menu labeling laws. But they, and the state, were stopped in their tracks by the federal government, which passed a menu labeling law in March 2010. Read More >>

10 Things You Didn't Know Were in the Health Bill

From breast pumping to adoption tax credits, the leviathan known as the U.S. health care bill is loaded with little goodies.
March 29, 2010 -- The 2,000-page health care bill that became law last week is packed with major reforms. What’s in the rest? Some random, weird and interesting solutions to problems you may or may not have known you had, some with dubious connection to health care at best. Read More >>

Oregon Nutrition Council Helps Keep Kids Healthy

The council under the Department of Human Services has started a Facebook page to stay in touch
January 6, 2010 -- As parents and public health leaders become increasingly concerned about childhood obesity, which is quickly becoming the nations top health risk, Oregon is taking the lead in promoting children’s health and giving parents some tools that can help. Read More >>
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