Sentences with phrase «health threat to children»

Climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century.

Eds — another good post — the lie «Climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century» wouldn't be allowed to be used by a private company.

Pediatricians are joining the «March for Our Lives» in downtown Buffalo Saturday morning, declaring gun violence a public health threat to children and demanding stricter gun laws and restricting children's access to guns.

National health watchdog launches legal action to eliminate the health threat to children from acrylamide in animal crackers and ginger snaps

For several years, the advocacy group Common Sense Media has been decrying the public health threat to children from addiction to social media.

Even though these arguments are portrayed as absolute, scientific fact, these arguments are better understood as a rhetorical strategy to persuade mothers of the health threats to their children (c.f., Best's (1990) work on the construction of the child - victim).

Not exact matches

Despite a mounting body of research showing that high rates of divorce and out - of - wedlock births pose serious threats to the well - being of children, mainline Protestantism has had remarkably little to say in recent years about the nature, health and prospects of the family.

If he knowingly commits a post-24 weeks abortion, based on such stringent life and health criteria, the doctor must certify his judgment about the threat in writing; acquire the concurrence of a second doctor in that judgment based on a «separate personal medical examination» of the woman; perform the abortion in a hospital; employ procedures designed to maximize the unborn child's chances to survive; and have a second physician present, ready to consider any surviving child his primary patient.

The authors of the report say that «obesity represents a significant threat to the present and future health of children and leads to a wide range of physical and psychological consequences.

While there is an unbroken demand for vibrantly coloured foods, consumers have become increasingly suspicious of artificial and so - called «natural additives», considering them a potential threat to their health and that of their children.

In fact, one of authors, Dr. Friedman, in an interview in The Atlantic, said «those children who faced stresses early in life but who bounced back by young adulthood were able to overcome early threats to their later health and lived long lives.

Yet breastfeeding promotion has taken on moralizing tone typically associated with grave threats to children's health:

It is also advised to avoid sleep positioning devices because their effectiveness is inconclusive and in some cases, they can be a threat to your child's health should they roll out of the apparatus.

On the other hand, those children who faced stresses early in life but who bounced back by young adulthood were able to overcome early threats to their later health and lived long lives.

Air pollution is a serious threat to our health and to the lives of our children, but it isn't a hopeless battle.

The custom of giving children candy as a way of showing our affection is becoming a threat to their health and well being.

Babyminding began as an effort to raise awareness among the parenting community about the rising threats to our children's health.

I've just been sent a new report on the current status of marketing foods and beverages to children at school: Promoting Consumption at School: Health Threats Associated with Schoolhouse Commercialism.

«Trump's administration is an imminent threat to our communities, our children, our health, and our values,» she states in the email.

The United States is failing to seriously address lead poisoning in its low - income communities, a severe public health threat touching more than 535,000 children a year, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro said Wednesday.

Public health threats, weather emergencies, environmental issues, protecting children from physical or mental abuse, creating a more inclusive community: all require county government to be involved and at the forefront in working on solutions.

Synthetic marijuana is dangerous and poses a very real public health threat to New Yorkers, their families and children.

The United States is failing to seriously address lead poisoning in its low - income communities, a severe public health threat touching more than 535,000 children a year, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro said.

«Never leave small children unattended in small portable pools, fountains or buckets filled with water, as even small bodies of water pose the threat of drowning to a child,» Nicholas A. DeRosa, Director of Health said.

«While the incidence of childhood lead poisoning is decreasing in New York State, it is time that we eliminate this threat to our children's health once and for all.

«As long as childhood lead poisoning remains a public health threat in Oneida County, children's health, education and employment opportunities will be impacted across their life spans resulting in higher taxes for residents to cover the costs of healthcare, special education and social services.

After persistent pressure and a threat of legal action from an eminent critic of genetic engineering, the US National Institutes of Health has agreed to suspend the enrolment of children in two clinical trials of synthetic human growth hormone.

Hicks emphasizes that antibiotic overuse among children and adults is a serious problem and a threat to everyone's health.

While treatable, the diseases pose a threat to children, the elderly, people in developing countries without access to adequate health care, and people with compromised immune systems.

Iodine deficiency is also a major threat to the health and mental development, particularly of preschool children and pregnant women.

Corn - based cereals are almost always made with GMO corn, which has many scientists very concerned about long term health threats, since there are no long term studies on the effects of GMO corn to your health, as well as your children's health.

At a time when physical inactivity poses as big a threat to public health as smoking, it's hugely important that children have time, space and opportunity to be active.

Poor diet is one of the biggest threats to children's public health in this country.

At a time when physical inactivity poses as big a threat to public health as smoking, it's hugely important that children have time, space and opportunity to be active and schools have a vital part to play.

One of the truly unique benefits of a potential partnership between the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard and Genentech is the company's deep understanding of how a science - driven, innovation pipeline can achieve breakthrough impacts in addressing complex threats to human health.

Anne Heavey, education policy adviser with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, described the plan as «at best ill - thought - out and at worst a threat to the mental health and well - being of our children», with the risk that some children would feel branded as «failures from day one».

Lead is recognized as the single most significant environmental health threat to America's children, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's just released a report providing tools and resources to schools and early childhood education facilities.

I see children and young people whose mental wellbeing is under threat — and I wonder how far a narrow, academic curriculum and a barrage of high - stakes tests are contributing to the increasing mental ill health of our children and young people.

Better access to quality health care can identify and arrest health problems — or prevent them altogether — before they become a threat to children's development.

In its fourth recommendation, «mandatory training for home inspectors», the report underlines the health and safety threats to families living in, near and around former grow - ops, especially those with young children and seniors.

WASHINGTON, DC (November 1, 2000)- Millions of Americans are using flea - and tick - control products on their dogs and cats that could pose a serious health threat not only to their pets, but to themselves and their children.

Loose dogs can cause serious traffic accidents, threats to children, loss of young livestock and public health concerns with waste droppings.

Angel's Law was established to protect the public, especially young children and others unable to protect themselves from vicious attacks, from the threat to health and safety that dangerous dogs present.

The strategy is to divide conservative candidates and moderate voters; framing conservatives as standing on the morally wrong side of the climate change issue; as they have been portrayed in the gay marriage and Civil Rights debates.9 The NextGen campaign applies a master narrative that is adapted to each state, emphasizing that climate change poses a serious threat to the economy, public health, and children, and that if a candidate doesn't believe in climate change, they can't be trusted.

Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are uniquely vulnerable to these threats.

Victims of domestic violence, families dealing with threats or neglect from absentee landlords, and children, seniors, and veterans who are denied access to health care or benefits — they deserve access to the same quality of justice as people with power and money.

Manufacturers of products intended for a child's use as well as products that a child may reasonably be expected to use or gain access to have a duty to design and manufacture these products so that they do not present an unreasonable degree of threat to a child's safety and health.

Meanwhile, state social workers and mental - health investigators from the Department of Children and Families deemed Cruz, who admitted cutting himself and planning to purchase a gun in Snapchat posts, a «low» threat to harm himself or others in late 2016.

In fact, one of authors, Dr. Friedman, in an interview in The Atlantic, said «those children who faced stresses early in life but who bounced back by young adulthood were able to overcome early threats to their later health and lived long lives.

A threat to mental health of children and young people in exile.