Posts Tagged ‘childhood obesity’
Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition Wins a Virginia Health Quality Award
(May 3, 2013) – The Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition has been chosen for a 2013 Virginia Health Quality Award by VHQC, a nonprofit health quality consulting company. Winners were selected in six categories for their contributions to improving healthcare for patients in Virginia. A community partnership to get kids healthy and to fight obesity,…
Read MoreInova Survey Finds One-Fourth of Northern Virginia Children Obese, Overweight
Groups Recommend More Exercise, Less Screen Time Falls Church, Virginia – (November 14, 2007) – More than one in four children and nearly half of all parents in Northern Virginia are either overweight or obese, according to results from a new survey sponsored by Inova Health System. The survey, supported by a partnership of health care providers,…
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