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SHP-led study shows U.S. Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa
December 2019
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Guatemala project inspires and motivates Stanford medical student
June 2016
Bawel is one of a few lucky medical students to travel with Stanford pediatrician Paul Wise, MD, MPH, to San Lucas Tolimán, a town in the mountains of rural Guatemala that serves as a base for his...
“Doctor Pablo’s” Children in Crisis Initiative creates app to improve child health
June 2016
A Stanford team has created a “nutrition surveillance” app that can help boost nutrition for children in some of the world’s poorest and most remote regions.
Health economists press for chronic disease as top agenda item
March 2016
Nearly 100 health economists from across the United States signed a pledge urging U.S. presidential candidates to make chronic disease a policy priority.
Finding the sweet spot to regulate sugary drinks
July 2015
Two Stanford public health law experts say one of biggest culprits of the obesity epidemic – on top of fast foods and our sedentary lifestyle – are sugary drinks.
Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert on disconnect between child and adult obesity
July 2012
A recent study by Stanford Health Policy's Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, and colleagues at the School of Medicine showed that targeting obesity prevention to small children who are overweight might not...
China provides universal health insurance at a fraction of the cost
May 2012
Chinese officials are developing a social security network to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing demographic landscape.
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