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"The evidence is clear and compelling - Implementing strong national nutrition standards to make the snacks and beverages our children consume healthier is something that schools and districts can afford.
The USDA should do all it can to finalize and help implement strong standards."
- Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe & Healthful Foods Project.
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FHC and NHHA Staff Promote Walk NH Week
 Staff enjoyed sunshine, time out of the building and calories burned during their Walk NH Week walk.
84 walks were registered and advertised online across many New Hampshire communities, schools, hospitals and  businesses. Official participation numbers are still coming in.
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An artistic transformation to inspire visitors and employees alike to choose the stairs
KEENE - Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene's Employee Wellness Program is excited to announce that the South stairwell of the hospital building is undergoing a beautiful transformation to feature a colorful, multi-level, Monadnock-themed mural. Visitors and employees are encouraged to visit, walk and enjoy the stairwell which will feature a progression of perspective from a ground floor cave, to wildlife scenes and ascension into the skies when reaching the final fifth floor landing.
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 Updating nutrition standards for snacks and beverages sold in school so that they meet the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans could help students maintain a healthy weight and support school food service revenue, according to a health impact assessment (HIA) released today by the Kids' Safe & Healthful Foods Project and the Health Impact Project.
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 Los Angeles Times-Health: The good people of New York City may or may not be able to buy super-size sodas next spring, but their mayor's proposal has put sugary drinks in the line of fire and sparked a conversation about whether and how they should be regulated.
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