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8 Aug 2016 | Joshua Brown

Staying Active in the Heat of Summer

If you’re like me, summer is the best time of the year. Ample sunshine, longer days, vacations, sporting and music events galore, what’s not to love about summer? But now that we’ve hit August, being active in the sweltering heat can be more challenging.

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5 Aug 2016

Healthy School Environments Support Healthier Food Preferences in Children

Building on the progress made in recent years in the school nutrition environment, the American Heart Association is committed to helping remove unhealthy marketing and advertising present on school property.

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22 Jul 2016

How much sugar is sneaking into your diet?

Did you see that the American Heart Association was featured on KARE 11 yesterday? It's all about sneaky sugar!

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11 Jul 2016

Participate in your local August Recess!

We are looking for volunteers to take a meeting with their member of Congress while they are in town this August.

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6 Jul 2016

Lunch and Learn with a Side of Sunshine

I spend most of my work time striving to reduce heart disease and stroke through changing statewide policies in Maine. Even when the legislature is out of session, the work does not cease. Maine’s American Heart Association Advocacy Committee analyzes Maine’s current...

31 May 2016

Vermont Child Care Facilities Have New Emphasis on Healthy Eating & Activity!

Parents of young children across Vermont can now have greater confidence that their child care provider is building the foundation for a heart-healthy life.

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2 May 2016

Good Food Access Fund is Ready to Take on MN's Healthy Food Access Problem!

More than 340,000 Minnesotans face both distance and income as a barrier to obtaining healthy, affordable food such as fruits and vegetables, low fat dairy, whole grains, and lean meats and poultry.1 This problem is only worsening with 61% of...

26 Apr 2016

May is Stroke Month: Become a Stroke Hero!

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7 Mar 2016

Symposium Attendees Taught to "Rethink Your Drink"

Attendees at the Worksite Wellness Symposium learned just how much sugar is in their daily beverages. We started out our 15 minute breakout session with a Price is Right style game, "Higher or Lower?" Attendees had three plates of sugary...

7 Mar 2016

Do You Know How Much Sugar You're Eating or Drinking?

Guest Blogger: Claudia Goytia, Government Relations Director, Greater Los Angeles Late in 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued dietary guidelines on added sugar intake. These new dietary guidelines did not come about without a fight. Health advocates...

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