preventive health

Fed Up With Food Marketing to Kids? Nosh On Food MythBusters Film

September 21, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 21, 2013 Tired of the $2 billion/year endless barrage of hard sell food advertising hawking toxic crud to children to turn them into life long consumers? You’re about to get some ammo in the … [Read more...]

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Games For Health Regional Summit: Playnormous, Humana & More

November 9, 2008 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Are these critters cute, or what? They're the lil' monsters from our friends at Playnormous, who shared news of a one day event called the Games for Health Regional Summit coming up December … [Read more...]

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