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11.05.2021 Gabriel Cortez

Health Equity

Gabriel Cortez

Gabriel Cortez is a poet, educator, organizer, and the director of programs at Youth Speaks where he works on The Bigger Picture – a project that is changing the conversation about health by engaging young spoken word poets.

Fellow Sara Mar

11.03.2021 school lunch data

What's for Lunch?

Changes in school nutrition standards did not change levels of fruit and vegetable consumption. However, both sugar consumption and obesity prevalence decreased.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

11.02.2021 Mia Roberts

Mia Roberts

Mia Roberts is the vice president of community relations for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, one of nearly 300 affiliates of the National Big Brothers/Big Sisters Federation.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

10.19.2021 premium meal data

Toys Take the Spotlight

Are children’s advertising guidelines followed around fast-food ads promoting kids meals with toys?

Fellow Sara Mar

09.13.2021 girl holding lunch tray

School Meals Today: Not the Lunch Trays You Remember

School meals have become healthier in the past 20 years, and studies suggest universal free meal programs are beneficial.

Guest Authors Lindsey Miller, Megan Lott, Mary Story

09.06.2021 article graphs

Superfund Siblings

Researchers compared outcomes between siblings conceived before or during Superfund cleanup to those who were conceived after cleanup was finished.

Fellow Sara Mar

08.24.2021 coal

Kids and Coal Closures

Children living in Chicago zip codes closest to coal-fired power plants had more asthma-related emergency department visits than those living farther away.

Fellow Sara Mar

07.29.2021 working parent with child

Pandemic Parenting

Results from a study of parents during the pandemic reveals negative mental health effects, but also some positive outcomes as a result of more time at home together for families.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

07.27.2021 child drawing the earth

Having Kids in a Changing Climate

Overconsumption, overpopulation, and uncertainty about the future of the planet were among the reasons cited in a study about people not wanting to have children because of climate change.

Guest Author Samantha White

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