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  - Role
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- Infant Mortality
- PMD Resource Manual
- Web Resources
  - CDC Infants and Children Health Links
  - March of Dimes
  - American Academy of Pediatrics
  - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  - Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
  - MI Dept. of Community Health - Vital Records
  - La Leche League International - Breastfeeding
  - Child and Family Web Guide
Obesity
- Kent Steps Up
- Southeast Farmer's Market
- Project Takeoff
- Articles/Websites/ Resources
  - Childhood Obesity
    - American Obesity Association: Childhood Obesity
    - Mayo Clinic Childhood Obesity
    - CDC Childhood Overweight
    - Learn to be Healthy
    - American Academy Pediatrics
    - UCSF Children's Hospital
    - The Role of the Media
    - Childhood Obesity: A New Epidemic
    - Food Network Special
    - A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States
    - FCC Task Force on Media and Childhood Obesity
    - Childhood Obesity a Serious Problem
    - A Public Health Policy Approach
    - The Big Fat American Kid Crisis
    - Michigan Healthy Eating/ Physical Activity Plan
    - Activity and Healthy Eating Impact Michigan Children
    - The Role of Michigan Schools in Promoting Healthy Weight
    - Metabolic precursors and effects of obesity in children
  - Costs of Obesity
    - Child Obesity: Costs, Treatment Patterns, Disparities
    - CDC: Overweight and Obesity Economic Consequences
    - Weighing the Cost of Obesity
    - Study Assesses Annual Cost of Obesity to Employers
    - What are the Costs and Expenses of Being Obese
    - The Surging Waves
    - NutriStrategy: Costs of Obesity
    - Economic Costs of Obesity & the Case for Government Intervention
    - Obesity Increases Workers' Compensation Costs
    - Economic Impact of Obesity
    - The Hidden Cost of Obesity
    - Healthy Care, Worker's Compensation & Lost Productivity
    - NCPA-Costs of Obesity, Drinking, Smoking & Growing Older
  - Health Effects
    - The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, & Drinking
    - RTI Obesity Research
    - American Obesity Association: Health Effects of Obesity
    - WHO - Obesity and Overweight
    - Measuring the Health Effects of SPRAWL
    - Obesity and Weight Loss
    - Health Insurance: Obesity and It's Economic Costs
    - The Effects of Obesity on the Cardiopulmonary System
    - Obesity May Reduce U.S. Life Expectancy
    - Stereotypes and the Effects of Obesity
    - Effects of Obesity
    - Obesity Runs in Families - Friends Too
    - Obesity and Reproductive Health
    - genYHealthClub
    - Children's Life Expectancy Being Cut Short
- Golden Shoe Campaign Kit

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What is Infant Mortality?

Infant mortality is considered any death of an infant prior to their first birthday. Infant mortality is based on matched birth and death certificates. In other words, in order for there to be an infant death, the infant must have been issued a birth certificate. Late term miscarriages and other fetal deaths (deaths prior to delivery of a live infant) are not reflected in the infant mortality rates.

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