Tim Codd - Winner: Advancements in Health Care

Crain's Detroit Business: Health Care Heroes 2012
September 5, 2012
By Ryan Kelly

Preteen takes charge of her health

Freep.com Article on the story of myNutratek and our goal.
September 2nd, 2012
By Robin Erb
Detroit Free Press Medical Writer

Dad, daughter launch online 'wellness portal'

LivingstonDaily.com Article on myNutratek.
August 13, 2012
By Lisa Roose-Church

Oakwood invests in childhood health with sponsorship of health and wellness website for schools

Oakwood.org - News
June 1, 2012

Online program helps students stay healthy

The Daily News - Iron Mountain, Michigan
May 9, 2012
Linda Lobeck

Food service director in Saline schools takes her cause to a national level

Julie Harsh makes a case for nutrition information to be supplied from food manufacturers for school meals.
April 27, 2012
By Amy Bell

myNutratek Changes Look of School Lunches

myNutratek Changes Look of School Lunches
February 23, 2012
By Tatum L. Ryan

myNutratek: A Family Affair

Oakwood Sports Medicine // Bringing The Experts To You
December 10, 2011

Saline Area Schools Embrace Cutting-Edge Health Solutions

News & Notes - Saline Area Schools
November 16, 2011

Local businessman and Howell Public Schools to launch new nutrition program

The Main Four
November 16, 2011

Brighton Schools Adopt Health and Wellness Monitoring Program

Brighton Patch
November 16, 2011

AMA pushes for required obesity education for children

June 21, 2012 - 06:27 am
WJLA ABC7 - Health
Arlington, VA

CHICAGO (AP) - The American Medical Association on Wednesday put its weight behind requiring yearly instruction aimed at preventing obesity for public schoolchildren and teens.

Sharp increase in hospitalizations for children with hypertension

June 18th, 2012 - 04:40 pm
CNN Health - The Chart

The number of hospitalizations for children with high blood pressure more than doubled from 1997 to 2006, according to a new study. The number rose from 12,661 hospitalizations in 1997 to 24,602 in 2006. The study is published in the American Heart Association journal, Hypertension.

Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Unhealthy Food Choices

June 13, 2012 - 12:29 pm
Forbes Online

Two recent studies presented at the SLEEP Medicine Conference in Boston ... suggest that sleep deprivation may lead to poor or unhealthy food choices. ...loss of sleep can lead to dysfunction in appetite signaling in specific areas of the frontal lobe, which are responsible for making smart and informed decisions regarding food selection.

Type II diabetes on the rise among children

Governor Snyder Wants Michigan to Become Healthier State

Updated: Thursday, 15 Sep 2011, 5:14 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011, 11:18 AM EDT
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN
Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyderincluded himself Wednesday when he laid out goals to make Michigan a healthier state by getting more people into wellness programs, setting up an exchange where citizens can buy health insurance and dealing with residents' expanding waistlines.

During his special message to the Legislature on health and wellness delivered at the Heart of the City Health Center in Grand Rapids, the Republican governor announced he weighed 194 pounds after stepping on a scale. He also disclosed his body mass index -- or BMI, which uses height and weight to estimate body fat -- is 26.8, putting him in the overweight category.  Read More

Many kindergarteners already on road to obesity, study finds

USA Today
November 28, 2011

Detroit Lions players and staff put a heavy emphasis on the importance of nutrition

detroitlions.com
November 5, 2011

Healthier Americans and a Healthier Economy Go Hand in Hand

Huff Post
November 4, 2011

Area physician works nutrition into patients' checkups

Chicago Tribune
November 2, 2011

As obesity soars, possible remedies include pop tax, fitness push

Detroit Free Press
By Robin Erb, October 2011

Wellness Begins at Home

Huff Post
October 27, 2011

In High Schools, a Critical Lens on Food

The New York Times
By Hanna Wallace, October 26, 2011

Saint Mary's commits to "Real Food" for students

Saint Mary's website
By Adam Ziegler, October 25, 2011

Obesity Task Force pushes lean, mean laws to slim Tenn.
School exercise, soda tax, speeding fines top agenda

The Tennessean
October 25, 2011

Ailing and overweight Americans cost billions in productivity

Reuters | Washington
October 17, 2011

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan expands commitment to address childhood obesity through partnership with Wayne State and Michigan Fitness Foundation

BCBS News Room
October 3, 2011

Don't Call Kids Fat!

Time Magazine
By Bonnie Rochman, September 28, 2011

Teens, Too, Need Sleep

The Wallstreet Journal
September 27, 2011

Public Schools Face the Rising Costs of Serving Lunch

The New York Times
By Fernanda Santos, September 19, 2011

Kaiser Permanent Ads Encourage Better Health

Media Post News
By Tayna Irwin, September 15, 2011

National Prevention Strategy

(PDF)
June 2011