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Occasionally CERU posts topical material originally published elsewhere.

Obesity Hurts Kids' Lifestyles Like Cancer, Study Finds

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April 8, 2003

K-12 at a Crossroads: One School's Uncanny Success with Junk-Food Ban

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April 4, 2003

Healthy Food, Healthy Kids

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March 27, 2003

Arizona Schools Failing Nutritionally

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March 26, 2003

UW Students Won't Give Addresses to Credit Card Company

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March 15, 2003

A Push to Stay in School

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March 6, 2003

School Districts Defy Soda-Sales Ban

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March 6, 2003

'A La Carte' School Lunches Under Fire

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March 5, 2003

Business-School Partnerships Empower Improvements in Education

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March 4, 2003

San Francisco Middle School Banishes Cafeteria Junk Food

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February 13, 2003

The United States of Obesity

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February 11, 2003

Sample Policies to Encourage Healthy Eating

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February 1, 2003

CDC Fact Sheet: Nutrition Services

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February 1, 2003

CDC Fact Sheet: Foods and Beverages Sold Outside of the School Meal Program

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February 1, 2003

Savvy School or Capitalist Tool?

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January 24, 2003

Schools May Sell Naming Rights

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January 18, 2003

San Francisco Schools Join War on Obesity, Ban Junk Food

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January 15, 2003

School Caffeine Rule Uneven

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January 15, 2003

Soda Caffeine as a School Drug

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January 14, 2003

Junk Food: San Fransisco School District Considers Ban

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January 14, 2003

Eat Your Vegetables? Only at a Few Schools

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January 13, 2003

Don't Blame School Lunches for Overweight Kids, Says Agriculture Secretary

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January 11, 2003

Obesity "A Threat" to U.S. Security: Surgeon General Urges Cultural Shift

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January 7, 2003

Teaching Commercialism

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January 1, 2003

A Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Contract with Edison Schools Inc.

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November 20, 2002

Texas State Board of Education Resolution on Channel One

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November 15, 2002

Advertisers' Assault on Small Towns Should Set Off Sirens

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November 10, 2002

End Channel One Hawking to Kids in Texas Classrooms

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November 5, 2002

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000

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October 9, 2002

Obesity Still on the Rise, New Data Show

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October 8, 2002

Insufficient Research to Determine Effectiveness of Selected Private Education Companies

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October 1, 2002

The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life (Overview)

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October 1, 2002

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Adults: United States, 1999-2000

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October 1, 2002

Marketing and Advertising: Harmful to Children's Health

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September 28, 2002

Selling to – and Selling Out – Children

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September 28, 2002

Schools Teach 3 C's! Candy, Cookies and Chips

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September 14, 2002

Fighting "Big Fat"

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August 5, 2002

The Obesity Epidemic: How States Can Trim the "Fat"

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June 14, 2002

Public Schooling for Profit

Legacy Publication

May 26, 2002

Ads in School

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March 30, 2002

Educator Blasts Schools' 'Consumer Culture'

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March 29, 2002

Soft Drinks and School-Age Children: Trends, Effects, Solutions

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March 1, 2002

Fat of the Land: Profits, Politics and Portion Sizes

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January 1, 2002

School Lunch Report Card

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January 1, 2002

Corporate Involvement in School Reform

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January 1, 2002

Edison Schools Perform Poorly Nationwide

Resource Document

December 18, 2001

Overweight and Obesity Threaten US Health Gains

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December 13, 2001

Schools Expel Channel One; New Policy Also Limits Ads, Logos

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November 22, 2001

Corporations Lose Battle for Seattle Schools

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November 21, 2001

States Consider Forbidding Snack, Soda Sales

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October 3, 2001

Cashing in on Kids

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September 1, 2001

Comprehensive School Nutrition Policy

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June 1, 2001

Watch Out for Children: A Mothers' Statement to Advertisers

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May 2, 2001

Relation Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Childhood Obesity: A Prospective, Observational Analysis

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February 17, 2001

Commentary: How Sugar-Containing Drinks Might Increase Adiposity in Children

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February 17, 2001

Push for EU Ban on TV Adverts That Target Children

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January 10, 2001

Business Partnerships with Schools

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January 1, 2001

Business Partnerships with Schools

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January 1, 2001

Commercialism is Rampant in Schools

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November 15, 2000

Invasion of the Classroom: How Corporations Buy Access to Children

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November 1, 2000

Charlotte (NC) Schools Weigh Opening Door to Corporate Naming Rights

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October 26, 2000

You Are What You Buy

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October 14, 2000

Controversial Canadian Youth News Network Goes Off the Air Until January

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October 4, 2000

Mrs. Clinton Calls for Bans on Ads for Preschoolers

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September 26, 2000

Sorry, Nike, I Just Don't Get That Ad

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September 24, 2000

Ad-Free Schools

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September 23, 2000

Press Release of Congressman George Miller's Report About Commercial Activities in Public Schools

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September 14, 2000

Comments at Press Conference Protesting the Golden Marble Award Ceremony in New York City

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September 14, 2000

Commercial Activities in Schools

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September 1, 2000

Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment

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August 1, 2000

Active Girls Who Drink Colas Are Five Times More Likely to Fracture Bones

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June 16, 2000

Soft Drink "Pouring Rights": Marketing Empty Calories

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Marion Nestle

January 1, 2000

School Board Cancels Coca-Cola Deal

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November 29, 1999

Edison Project: Still the Way? Mt. Clemens to Decide on Renewal of Contract

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Victoria-Maria MacDonald

October 19, 1999

Lure of School Marketing

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October 1, 1999

Why I Said No to Coca-Cola

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October 1, 1999

Students For Sale - How Corporations are Buying Their Way into America's Classrooms

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September 27, 1999

Your Papers, Please...Tagged Students Defy Big Brother. Reject Being Forced to Wear Social Security Numbers

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September 1, 1999

Canada Tunes in to TV – and Ads – in the Classroom

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R. Underhill

July 22, 1999

Edison Vote Favors Project

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Tim Hacsi

June 18, 1999

Progress at School Run by Private Firm

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April 29, 1999

Branded

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March 3, 1999

Charter Movement Opens Door for Edison Project

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February 7, 1999

School-Business Partnerships: Reading Between the Bottom Lines

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Deron Boyles

January 1, 1999

Union Says Edison Teachers Underpaid

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December 1, 1998

Pro and Con Edison

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October 18, 1998

School District Blasted for "Secret" Edison Deal

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September 25, 1998