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Cohabitation, unwed motherhood soaring in younger generation

Younger adults tend to worry less about the stigma attached to having a child or living together without being married, finds new research that shows a generation gap in behaviors related to marriage, divorce, parenthood and cohabitation.
A Pew Research Center survey released today, says these younger adults are driving higher rates of out-of-wedlock births […]

Achieving fruit, juice, and vegetable recipe preparation goals influences consumption by 4th grade students

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007, 4:28doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-28
Published 29June2007
Abstract (provisional)
The complete article is available as a «www.ijbnpa.org». The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production.
Background
Including children in food preparation activities has long been […]

Effects of portion size on chronic energy intake

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007, 4:27doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-27
Published 27June2007
Abstract (provisional)
The complete article is available as a «www.ijbnpa.org». The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production.
Background
This study experimentally examined the effects of repeated exposure […]

Deadline near for landmark Mass. health insurance plan

BOSTON (AP) The goal was as audacious as it was simple: Plug the holes in Massachusetts’ health care network without resorting to the politically nuclear option of a single government-funded program.
The result is a landmark insurance law praised as innovative, derided as a house of cards and touted by former Gov. Mitt Romney […]