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.
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.
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.
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.
Read PI's statement on the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the 2014 omnibus spending bill.
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.
Read PI's Juliet Sims' statement on the Federal Trade Commission's A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Follow-Up Report.
Read PI's statement on the Supreme Court's ruling, and learn how community prevention is already working to support health across the country.
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.
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.
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.
Read a statement from PI's Juliet Sims, MPH, RD, on the Institute of Medicine's report on front-of-package labeling.
Read PI's Juliet Sims' statement on Joint Congressional Hearing on Interagency Working Group guidelines for food marketing to children.
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.
PI joins food advocates across the country in asking the President to act now to protect children from junk food marketing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
