Infant and Children

The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding

By |2017-02-10T09:51:05-07:00August 6th, 2012|General|

The first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week and it has been for 20 years.  This year’s theme is The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding.  Those long-term benefits apply to both mothers and babies.   When babies are fed human milk, they are more likely to avoid obesity, less likely to die from [...]

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ADHS Gets Partnership Award

By |2011-06-10T18:29:22-07:00June 10th, 2011|Prevention|

Today the Arizona Academy of Pediatrics recognized our Nutrition and Physical Activity Team as a co-recipient of the 2011 Partnership Award at its annual luncheon and chapter meeting.  Our team was recognized for increasing outreach efforts to pediatricians and actively fostering collaboration among staff and the Academy membership.  Karen Sell and the team helped the Academy indentify [...]

Nourishing Arizona’s “Food Deserts”

By |2017-02-10T09:52:09-07:00September 8th, 2010|Prevention|

One of the ways ADHS can help eliminate Arizona’s food deserts is to try to get our vendors (the businesses that accept WIC coupons) to broaden their food inventories with healthier foods. The ADHS Program Integrity Team works to get this done.  The Team actively reaches out to the vendor communities (grocery stores and other [...]

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