Word: trustfulness
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...reiterate that if in fact there has been a violation of NIH policy, if in fact research integrity has been compromised, we will take whatever appropriate actions within our power to hold whoever is responsible accountable," Ruiz Bravo said. "We cannot compromise research integrity and we must maintain public trust...
...when it does, too many kids emerge into a world in which their food choices begin with Arby's and end with Wendy's. There are groups working to get different foods blooming in the nutritional desert, however. One of the most successful is the Food Trust in Philadelphia. Begun as a produce market in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal, the trust sponsors farmers' markets throughout the city, taking fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that lack them. The group is also working to improve the selection of corner stores and bring back supermarkets to poor neighborhoods that have lost them...
...program has been a remarkable success: one part of it, increasing the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in elementary schools, along with nutrition education, is credited with helping reduce the incidence of overweight students 50%, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The Food Trust is expanding into New York, Louisiana and Illinois, and executive director Yael Lehman believes every American city could benefit. "When the only thing that is available is fast food, that's what kids will be eating," she says...
Grass-roots groups like the Food Trust are a fragile shield against the onslaught of bad food all Americans--but especially American kids--face. In 2000 the average child watched 40,000 commercials, double the number in 1970, and many of the ads were for just the kinds of nutritional junk that's causing so many of our problems. The $2 billion--plus marketing budget of a company like Coca-Cola dwarfs even the $500 million over five years being spent on childhood obesity by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
...Although the military still doesn't trust Democrats, the careless and incompetent use of the troops in Iraq by the Bush Administration has caused a pervasive sense of disgust in the ranks, which may be why, Webb writes, a majority of the veterans running for Congress in 2006 did so as Democrats. In 2008 there are real opportunities for Democrats to gain the trust and support of military families, but only if they make a more sophisticated effort to celebrate the service the troops perform. Webb has led them along that path by proposing a GI bill that some Republicans...