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Press Releases

  • Quitting Football Over Injury Concerns Sends Important Message

    April 15, 2015

    Read our Op-Ed, published in several newspapers in the San Francisco area, which argues that NFL player Chris Borland sent an important message to youth when he retired from football due to concerns about head injuries.

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  • Let's Consider the Entire Food System in Future Dietary Guidelines

    February 19, 2015

    Read PI's statement on a pending report on federal dietary guidelines, which represent a prime venue and opportunity to define not only a healthy diet, but a healthy food system.

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  • Time to Push Back on E-Cigarettes

    January 30, 2015

    Read our Sacramento Bee Op-Ed on the California Department of Public Health's new report and health advisory declaring e-cigarettes a community health threat.

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  • PI Statement on Appeals Court Decision on New York Soda Limit

    June 26, 2014

    Read the statement by PI's Larry Cohen on the New York Court of Appeals decision striking down New York City's rule limiting portion size of sugary beverages.

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  • Prevention Institute Statement: Prevention Fund Has NOT Been Cut

    January 15, 2014

    Read PI's statement on the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the 2014 omnibus spending bill.

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  • Prevention Institute Statement on Court Ruling on New York Soda Limit

    July 31, 2013

    Read PI's Larry Cohen's statement on the Appellate court decision on New York City's proposed rule limiting portion size of sugary beverages.

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  • Food and Beverage Companies Can, and Should, Do Better By Our Kids

    December 21, 2012

    Read PI's Juliet Sims' statement on the Federal Trade Commission's A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Follow-Up Report.

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  • A Victory for Health--Prevention Institute's Statement on Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act Decision

    June 28, 2012

    Read PI's statement on the Supreme Court's ruling, and learn how community prevention is already working to support health across the country.

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  • Statement By PI's Larry Cohen on House Vote to Repeal Prevention and Public Health Fund

    April 27, 2012

    Read PI's Larry Cohen's statement on the latest proposed cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund, the nation's greatest source of dedicated prevention funding.

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Embodied in Launch of New Initiative for Community Peace and Thriving Youth

    April 4, 2012

    The Martin Luther King III Institute for Social Justice and Human Rights and the CDC-funded Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY) honor April 4th as a date of remembrance by announcing a joint two-year initiative to reduce violence affecting youth across the country.

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  • Media Advisory: April 4th Revisited: Saving Lives, Building Dreams!

    April 2, 2012

    April 4th Revisited: Saving Lives Building Dreams! is the country's first national Town Hall Meeting on preventing violence affecting youth using a public health approach and advancing the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • New Institute of Medicine recommendations will help parents identify truly healthy foods for kids

    October 20, 2011

    Read a statement from PI's Juliet Sims, MPH, RD, on the Institute of Medicine's report on front-of-package labeling.

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  • Help Our Children Eat Better--Don't Make it Harder

    October 12, 2011

    Read PI's Juliet Sims' statement on Joint Congressional Hearing on Interagency Working Group guidelines for food marketing to children.

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  • National Health Leaders Laud Prevention Institute’s "We’re Not Buying It:" Video reveals deceptive food industry practices

    October 7, 2011

    PI will join thousands of Americans, parents and professionals alike, in asking the administration to issue a strong report to Congress on what foods should be marketed to children.

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  • “We’re Not Buying It”: Leading Advocates Launch Campaign, Video Asking President Obama to Protect Children from Junk Food Marketing

    October 6, 2011

    PI joins food advocates across the country in asking the President to act now to protect children from junk food marketing.

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  • Senate Appropriations Bill Eliminates All CDC Youth Violence Prevention Funds; Prevention Institute calls cuts an "unacceptable step backward"

    September 29, 2011

    The Senate Appropriations 2012 Budget zeroed out $19.7 million in funding for the CDC's Youth Violence Prevention activities, causing surprise and worry amongst advocates across the country. Prevention Institute, one of the nation's leaders in the development and implementation of innovative youth violence initiatives, is calling for the Senate to reinstate the funding immediately, saying the funding cuts are simply unacceptable.

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  • ACA Anniversary Press Conference, Thursday

    March 22, 2011

    Join U.S. HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Howard Koh, regional director Herbert Schultz and Prevention Institute, this Thursday at noon PST, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

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  • Food Industry responds to PI front-of-pack labeling study

    January 27, 2011

    PI's Juliet Sims asserts the "new" front of package labeling system from the Grocery Manufacturer's Association don't give any new tools to parents, they just add to the confusion and continue to mislead.

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  • Package Labels that Market Children's Food Products Hide Truth

    January 22, 2011

    PI's latest report reveals that 84% of products studied fail to meet basic nutrition standards. We are calling for mandatory FDA standards for front-of-package labels.

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  • Defeat of Johanns Amendment is Victory for Prevention

    September 14, 2010

    PI expressed gratitude for the defeat of Senator Johanns’ (R, NE) amendment, and for the stalwart support shown for prevention, health, and wellness, not sickcare, by the US Senate.

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