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To the Editor:
A decline in overall obesity rates for New York City's children is good news ("Obesity Rate Dips for City Students, Offering Glint of Hope on Decades-Old Problem," SchoolBook, Dec. 16).
Sadly, rates for black and Hispanic children declined far less than those for white children, an indication that disparities still exist in impoverished communities with less access to fresh fruits and vegetables and safe recreation, smaller food budgets and a large number of fast-food restaurants.
Today, one in three New York children is obese or overweight and prone to developing chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. As these children grow up, New York State will spend an estimated $136.3 billion from 2011 to 2020 to treat diseases whose underlying cause is obesity.
We must continue to fight obesity in every community by engaging multiple sectors in creating policy, systems and environmental changes that make the healthy choice the easy choice for every New Yorker.
ANA GARCIA
Senior Policy Associate
The New York Academy of Medicine
New York, Dec. 22, 2011
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Andrew J. Martin
Director of Communications
The New York Academy of Medicine
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New York, New York 10029
212-822-7285
amartin@nyam.org
Reporters: to arrange interviews with NYAM medical and urban health experts, contact
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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