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HIllary co-sponsors key legislation about school nutrition

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Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
on April 6, 2008 6:39 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
S. 771: Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007

Obama and McCain are not co-sponsors...

Actions not words. 
Who cares about children? Hillary does.

 updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs. sponsored by CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
http://www.schoolfoods.org/
http://www.schoolfoods.org/resources.html

Why Health professionals support Hillary

By
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
on March 25, 2008 4:43 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
universal coverage for health care

she got Emergency Contraception over the counter, preventing possibly 2 million pregnancies and 1million abortions a year if widely used

she was key for SCHIP - insurance for poor kids - 6 million kids/yr

she got the pediatric rule for the FDA - they have to test drugs in kids b/c kids metabolism is not the same as adults.

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