Welcome to the June issue of HSPH Update, an e-letter for friends of the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Prolonged TV Viewing Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, prolonged TV viewing was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and premature death. The study appears in the June 15, 2011, edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read more
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From the Harvard Public Health Review
AIDS at 30: Hard Lessons and Hope
 Thirty years after the first official reports about HIV/AIDS, we look back on the human devastation and forward to a changed social landscape. Review editor Madeline Drexler asked distinguished Harvard School of Public Health faculty and alumni at the forefront of research where the epidemic has taken us and where it is headed. Read moreRead more stories from the Spring/Summer 2011 Harvard Public Health Review.
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Pyramid scrapped for imperfect plate
 The US government has scrapped the much-maligned food pyramid icon and replaced it with a fruit- and vegetable-rich plate, seeking a simpler way to show Americans how to eat right. While it's a major improvement, the new icon still falls short on giving people the nutrition advice they need to choose the healthiest diets, according to HSPH researchers writing in the Nutrition Source. Read more
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Leadership crucial for U.S. emergency preparedness
The first decade of the 21st century one day will be viewed as "the decade of fear," HSPH's Leonard Marcus (pictured) and Barry Dorn wrote in a Washington Post opinion piece. Bad leadership is a public health risk factor, according to the authors. Read more
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HSPH's Connolly fighting tobacco use worldwide
 Gregory Connolly, director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control and professor of the practice of public health at HSPH, was featured in the Harvard Gazette
for his research on the health effects of tobacco and the effectiveness of interventions designed to curb its use.
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On the front lines of public health HSPH graduates work today on the front lines of public health as policymakers, emergency responders, researchers, teachers, and care-givers. Our alumni hold posts at the minister of health level in three countries, representing a combined population of hundreds of millions. Your support can mean the difference between whether or not an admitted student answers the call of public health at HSPH, and opens the door to the next generation of global health leaders. Please make a gift to support the HSPH Scholarship Fund before our year-end deadline, June 30.
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AIDS in 1982: Buried in the back pages
HSPH's Robin Herman discusses a landmark moment: the first mention of "AIDS" printed by the New York Times.
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