Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows

  June 5, 2012 in Health, Nation/World NEW YORK — Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food. The Walt Disney Co. said today that it will become the first major media company … 8

• Ohio county takes 200-pound 8-year-old from mother

  November 28, 2011 in Nation/World An 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy was taken from his family and was placed in foster care in October after county case workers said his mother wasn’t doing enough to control … 4

• Team teaching fitness

  October 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 On the eve of their districtwide cross-country race, Seltice Elementary School students in Post Falls received race tips from two marathoners who work as personal trainers at a nearby athletic …

• Battling obesity in today’s children

  June 21, 2010 in Features on Page C1 In the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than tripled in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Nearly 18 percent of adolescents age … 3

• Regional disparities mark child obesity picture

  May 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHICAGO – What’s the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It’s a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing – by a … 3

• Nutrition mission

  February 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 One in three American children is overweight or obese and at higher risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other health issues. In Spokane and Kootenai counties, … 4