Obesity Debate Looks Beyond Parents to Family Support
Harvard and Penn researchers argue obesity requires family wide intervention not just child focus. They warn most extremely obese children face health risks though few are in immediate danger and suggest education, parent training, and temporary custody in extreme cases to aid reunification and prevention.
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Ludwig
Lindsey Murtagh
Harvard
School of Public Health
University of Pennsylvania
Art Caplan
Caplan
U.S
Cedar City Foreshadows Buyouts as Floods Surge Across Heartland
The Missouri and Mississippi river valleys face rising buyout pressure as historic floods prompt towns from North Dakota to Louisiana to decide whether to rebuild or relocate. Missouri leads in buyouts after 1993’s $15 billion disaster, while officials like Sheila Huddleston praise the program’s cost savings and protection, though residents endure life changing losses.
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Cedar City
North Dakota
Louisiana
Mississippi
Atlantic
Gulf
Boyce
Jefferson City
Gulf Coast
Army Corps of Engineers
Midwest
Corps
Missouri River
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Lewis and Clark Village
Big Lake
Hamburg
Larry Larson
The
Association of State Floodplain Managers
Larson
Ankeny woman pleads guilty in adoption scam
Tracy Bess of Ankeny pleaded guilty to perjury and filing a false report for posing as a pregnant woman to solicit adoption offers. Sentencing set for August 22 with a potential six year suspended term. Prospective parents from several states traveled to Iowa to pursue the adoption before learning the truth.
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Ankeny
Associated Press
Tracy Bess
Bess
Iowa
Jadie
Jennifer Giordis
Des Moines
KCCI
Nebraska
Tara Snyder
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Sheila Huddleston
Missouri State Emergency Management Agency
Huddleston
Lottie Corley
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Missour
Texas
Cllinat
ESTE
Brighton
Fourseasonsdirect.com
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Sycamore Mall
Lowa City
Old Capitol Mall
University of Iowa Community Credit Union
Uiccu Investment Services
Carrie Wagner
Carrie
Edgewood Road
Community Credit Union
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