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School Lunch Goes Gourmet
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
From New Hampshire Public Radio
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At this New Hampshire high school, it took a professional chef to get kids to eat healthy food.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:34
For Teen, Loneliness, Weight Go Together
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
From New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Tony before his weight loss
In Part I of our series, Tipping the Scales, we look at how obesity affected one young man's life -- and how he got a grip on it.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:41
Child Obesity - Part Three - Spreading the Lifestyle
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
From Karen Brown
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Families in the low-income community of Holyoke, MA -- who successfully lost weight through a community clinic program -- are trying to share their...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:17
  • Purchases: 3
Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
From Karen Brown
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This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:17
  • Purchases: 3
Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
From Karen Brown
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One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:05
  • Purchases: 3