Sentences with phrase «education and health officials»

Helping Schools Promote Fitness, Healthful Diets Spurred by a government report warning about the effects of overeating and inactivity among children, education and health officials formed Action for Healthy Kids, a group that works with schools to promote more healthful lifestyles for youngsters.

Spurred by a government report warning about the effects of overeating and inactivity among children, education and health officials formed Action for Healthy Kids, a group that works with schools to promote more healthful lifestyles for youngsters.

And the act would create an advisory committee made up of education and health officials, consumer groups and industry representatives to recommend ways of sharing additional information on school lunch suppliers.

The bill would create an advisory committee made up of education and health officials, consumer groups and industry representatives to recommend precisely what information would be included on school lunch suppliers.

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«Making appearance part of official antidiscrimination policies would be a start, and she also wants more health and nutrition education in schools and in the workplace, to address weight issues in a positive way.

The state is the first to pass legislation requiring education officials to develop health and safety guidelines for digital devices.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

Health Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare proHealth Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare prohealth care, Social Security, education, and welfare programs.

Officials with the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health said they received subpoenas on Thursday.

The State Board of Education put a hold on food coming out of Gateway until members could meet with federal regulators and health officials to develop a cleanup plan.

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto called an emergency meeting of health, education and agricultural officials Tuesday as the number of victims in a food - poisoning outbreak neared 6,000, most of them children.

We are currently meeting with top officials of prominent health organizations and health insurers to advance the mission of the Fed is Best Foundation to protect families from unsafe practices found in breastfeeding management and to protect infants from injury caused by misinformation currently perpetuated in WHO - based breastfeeding education.

We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.

Let's admit what we have now isn't working and that all of the arguing and fighting we do on every issue — from gun control to climate change to education to immigration to health care and beyond — won't accomplish much unless we change the way we choose our elected officials.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that donor support to the budgets of the Ministries of Education, Health and Gender, Children and Social Protection, in 2016, is the equal to the revenue allegedly diverted by some 19 customs officials who were arrested recently.

The 75 Morton Community Alliance and the Community Board 2 Schools and Education Committee are seeking funds from local officials for a $ 1 million green roof, and Councilman Corey Johnson secured funds for a community - based health center in the basement.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

Buffalo School Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash says the district will make its facilities available to Erie County Health officials for testing and education initiatives.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen will serve as a member, and four other state officials will serve as ex-oficio members: Florida Department of Education Commissioner Pam Stewart; Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll; Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly; and Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Justin Senior.

It will include the state secretaries of education, public safety, and health and human services, along with educators, police and emergency management officials.

On August 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $ 400 million in federal Race to the Top education grants to New Jersey would not be funded due to a clerical error in the state's application made by an unidentified mid-level state official.

Norman Seabrook, the president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association and a nationally recognized labor official, civic leader and reformer, said to Feerick: «As a community district leader for many years, you have demonstrated a strong commitment to fighting for affordable housing, to creating a better education system, quality health care, and achieving economic stability.

Pan: Well, there hasn't been a lot of discussion of it really in the Chinese media, but this is another example of the weakness of the one - party political system, you know, they have shown that the one - party system can deliver economic growth, but it's an open question whether they can deliver other public goods for clean environment, as they discuss, has been a real challenge for them and because local officials are so addicted to economic growth, they are not willing to, addicted because they profit from it personally, they haven't been willing to really enforce environmental laws about, you know, good health care system, and education system.

For decades scholars and public health officials have known that people with greater income or formal education tend to live longer and enjoy better health than their counterparts who have less money or schooling.

Given the trend toward women having children later in life, health officials should emphasize improvements in prenatal care, including family planning education and increased training of birth attendants to manage and encourage deliveries for women of advanced maternal age at health - care facilities.

In June, the chair of the House appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee, Representative Denny Rehberg (R - MT), said that his subcommittee could not act on the changes until it received an official budget request directly from the White House.

To counteract the arguably unhealthy behavior social bots promote, Allem said public health officials and organizations need to bolster education campaigns.

But officials at the so - called mission agencies — labor, justice, treasury, education, health, housing, and so on — have historically paid relatively little attention to how researchers outside the government might be able to use their data.

The monthly, peer - reviewed Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a professional membership society that improves sleep health and promotes high quality patient centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards (www.aasm.org).

Our health and wellness coach training programs offer you the official Certified Wellness Coach (CWC) designation as a as well as various continuing health and wellness coach education opportunities.

National Numeracy Day is being run by UK charity National Numeracy and businesses including Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Experian, Health Education England, NS&I, RBS, the Scottish Government & Education Scotland, Ufi Charitable Trust and Virgin Money have already joined KPMG as official supporters with many more looking to sign - up.

Also, the fact that many people around the world still live in extreme poverty and with no access to basic needs — such as transportation, sanitation, health, education — just aggravates people's sense of political misrepresentation towards official institutions.

Street protests in Brazil started in June 2013, mainly due to bus fares, but rapidly expanded to cover other issues — such as the lack of proper education, sanitation and health services, besides corruption and the feeling of misrepresentation by official institutions.

Be sure to read all five parts of Education World's special report on the environmental conditions of our nation's school buildings, the health consequences for students and staff, and what school officials can do.

The commission, which includes deputy superintendents and other state education officials, proposed that states offer children from birth to age 8 «a continuum of services,» including parent education, child care, «developmentally appropriate» education, health, and social services.

In Maryland and Rhode Island, health and education officials have distributed guidelines similar to those issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control in August.

(Wash.) For generations, schools have served as a focal point for anti-drug campaigns and prevention education, but today with the opioid epidemic raging out of control, public health officials are looking in a new direction for help: the school bus driver.

Politico reports that Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, was «furious» that a top aide to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was «circumventing» ESSA, contending the federal agency was «out of bounds» in challenging state officials on issues such as...

Specifically, we call upon State officials — most notably, the Governor, Secretary of Education, state legislators, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Secretary of Health and Human Services, and leaders of other key State agencies — to do the following:

And it has helped bring together city officials, higher education, school officials, community organizations, county public health, and philanthropy to turn around attendance in Oakland schooAnd it has helped bring together city officials, higher education, school officials, community organizations, county public health, and philanthropy to turn around attendance in Oakland schooand philanthropy to turn around attendance in Oakland schools.

The University of Colorado Boulder - based NEPC put together a team of 40 researchers, teachers, and other education officials who evaluated schools on criteria including the ability to create and maintain a healthy school culture, wise use of technology, and ability to address major health issues.

Yesterday it became official that Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA) will assume the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP).

Academy of Nutrition Dietetics Active Schools Alliance for a Healthier Generation American Academy of Pediatrics American Association for Health Education American Association of Family & Consumer SciencesAmerican Cancer Society American College of Sports Medicine American Diabetes Association American Federation of Teachers American Heart Association American Public Health Association American School Health Association Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Association of State Public Health Nutritionists Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Council of Chief State School Officers Directors of Health Promotion and Education Family, Career & Community Leaders of America Food Research and Action Center Healthy Kids Challenge KaBOOM!

But infectious - disease experts and public - health officials say those closings, and steps taken elsewhere by education officials to approve emergency - closure protocols for schools far from any Ebola cases, go beyond what is necessary.

Last year, the CA Superintendent of Public Instruction recognized Journey for excellence in Environmental Education, Health, and Stewardship; US Secretary of Education Duncan then selected Journey as a US Green Ribbon School; and students hosted federal, state, and local officials on campus to share their learning experiences.

The Southeast Louisiana Veterinary Association shall be dedicated to fostering and preserving the health and well - being of animals, preventing the spread of disease to both animals and people, and protecting the institution of and camaraderie within veterinary medicine, through education of both the public and the veterinary community, by acting as liaison to the public and governing officials, and through other activities deemed reasonable by our constituency to achieve these goals.

Officials said the elimination of the canine rabies virus in the US was achieved through mandatory dog vaccination and licensing, better public health education about rabies, and stray dog control.

The course, set for May 16 and 17 at the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Education Center, will bring together officials from law enforcement, animal health and plant experts to learn more about, and plan for, potential bioterrorism.

1 in 6 people in the world has no form of official identification, according to the World Bank, which impacts their ability to access financial services, democratic processes, travel, education, health and government benefits.