Yang Jun has lost his hearing and is nearly blind. His younger brother Yang Chao is also losing his hearing and speech. The two brothers from the southwestern Sichuan province live with a little-known disease called neurofibromatosis that is commonly abbreviated as NF — a set of genetic disorders that […]
Families
Nutrition equity: How to give nutrition advice to diverse families
In many low-income neighborhoods, fast food is everywhere, but healthy food options are hard to find. (Image: Adobe Stock. Illustration: David Chrisom/Boston Children’s Hospital) If nutrition advice were easy to follow, the number of children with type 2 diabetes and obesity would be going down, not up. But as many […]
Shaheen Joins Letter Urging USDA to Help Working Families Access Healthy Food by Updating Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC Food Packages
March 02, 2022 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue revised WIC food packages under the proposed rule, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children: Revisions in the WIC Food Packages. […]