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The IOM undertakes many activities related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. Our work focuses in particular on child and adolescent health, immunizations, nutrition, access to insurance, family planning, and palliative care, as well as other health concerns unique to children.

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Childhood Obesity Prevention in Texas. Workshop Summary

Released: October 21, 2009
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of childhood obesity. This problem could potentially affect the health of the U.S. population for decades to come, incurring substantial costs to the nation. In particular, Texas is home to three of the five U.S. cities with the highest obesity rates in the nation. The statistics on childhood obesity, demographics, size, and the efforts being made to prevent and reduce obesity in Texas all factored into the Food and Nutrition Board's decision to hold a workshop in Austin, Texas, on February 5-6, 2009. Childhood Obesity Prevention in Texas summarizes the workshop.

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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

Released: October 20, 2009
The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program play key roles in supporting the nutrition and health of schoolchildren in the United States by providing nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches each school day. While school meals must meet standards established in 1995, advances have been made in dietary guidance in the years since. At the request of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to provide recommendations to revise standards and requirements so that school meals are more healthful.

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