Public Health News Headlines from Johns HopkinsThe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is dedicated to protecting health and saving lives.Center Established to Study Asthma in Baltimore- January 25, 2008 The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has received a five-year, $12 million dollar grant to fund the Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment. The center, led by Patrick Breysse and Gregory Diette, will examine how exposure to indoor and outdoor pollution and allergens may impact asthmatic children in Baltimore. The center is one of three new research centers of the DISCOVER (Disease Investigation Through Specialized Clinically-Oriented Ventures in Environmental...http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2008/breysse_discover.html One Third of Child Deaths and 11 Percent of Global Disease Burden Due to Maternal and Child Undernutrition- January 17, 2008 Maternal and child undernutrition are the cause of more than 35 percent of all child deaths and 11 percent of the global disease burden, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, is the first in a series of five studies analyzing the global impact of maternal and child undernutrition. The research series highlights the critical role of early nutrition in the health and development of...http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2008/black_undernutrition.html Physical Education and Active Play Help Teens Maintain Normal Weight as Adults- January 8, 2008 Adolescents who participate in physical education at school are more likely to maintain a normal weight as young adults, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For each weekday of physical education at school the odds of being an overweight adult decreased by 5 percent.http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2008/blum_exercise.html |