'Food' Tag

• WFP has reached 600,000 Haitians with food voucher plan

  February 6, 2010

  [Story ID: 255]
  On Thursday, a food distribution voucher campaign that launched last Sunday, “hit all 16 fixed distribution points around the capital” of Port-au-Prince, CNN reports. “So far, 600,000 people affected by the devastating January 12 earthquake have been able to collect food under this plan, said Marcus Prior, spokesman for the United Nations World [...]

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• World Vision to join seven other aid agencies to distribute food in Haiti

  February 1, 2010

  [Story ID: 142]
  World Vision will join seven other aid agencies today to begin a massive distribution of food provided by the World Food Program. The distribution effort, with support of the Haitian Government, is expected to reach some 1.6 million people throughout Port-au-Prince, some living in volatile areas that have so far received little aid.

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• Ongoing parenting is necessary to improve childrens food choices

  January 29, 2010

  [Story ID: 96]
  Many parents become passive when it comes to their children’s food choices. The growing epidemic of obesity in America is a strong indicator of this lapse in parenting. With the variety of resources available from the USDA My Pyramid program to local schools’ curriculums, Dr. Sasson (“Dr. Sass”) Moulavi, M.D., is surprised by [...]

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