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Head Start Improves Child Health
Temple University researchers announced
earlier this week that their national study
found that Head Start meets and exceeds the requirements to prevent
obesity among at-risk children. Dr. Robert Whitaker, the lead author
of this study, asserted, "Early childhood education and
childcare programs throughout the nation have traditionally looked
to Head Start regulations to set their own standards." The
findings of this study have been published as an article
in the December 2009 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine.