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Trying To Tighten Belt on Childhood Obesity - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV- Topic: Childhood Obesity News

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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Nassau Executive Tom Suozzi and officials from North Shore LIJ Health Systems gathered at the Centennial Avenue Elementary School in Roosevelt and unveiled the initiative which will use audio and video tools to teach first through third grade children fitness and exercise. In December the Comptroller’s Office conducted an audit and sampled school districts and found that elementary school children did not get the state-required amount of physical education classes. NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have confirmed the city’s first case of swine flu involving a patient who hadn’t been to Mexico lately and isn’t linked to a school that was the site of the biggest U. WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay marriage legalization in several states and the public’s growing acceptance of same-sex unions have Democrats sensing political opportunity and some Republicans re-evaluating their party’s hard-line opposition to an issue that long has rallied its base. Read Childhood Obesity

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