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Health Education Research 2008 23(6):915-916; doi:10.1093/her/cyn052
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Advancing the science and practice of school-based health promotion

E-mail: allegrante@exchange.tc.columbia.edu

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According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), >26 000 children under the age of 5 years die every day, mainly from preventable causes [1]. The causes of these deaths include worm infections, nutritional anemia and deficiencies and infectious diseases such as malaria, trachoma and schistosomiasis. Such diseases continue to be the scourge of infants and children throughout many of the poorest nations in the world.

In contrast, children and adolescents in countries with more advanced economies die or are increasingly harmed by alcohol and tobacco use, malnutrition and physical inactivity and unintentional injuries [2]. Moreover, the prevalence . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John P. Allegrante

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