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Minority Kids Spend More Time With Media, Study Shows

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jun 9th 2011 1:30PM

Minority kids ages 8 and older spend an average of 13 hours a day watching TV, listening to music, using the computer and playing video games. Credit: Getty Images Minority kids in the United States spend more time in front of ...Minority kids spend more time with telvision and computer screens.
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Heart Defects in Minority Children Yield Greater Risk of Death, Study Shows

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Apr 20th 2011 4:00PM

Black children with heart conditions have a greater chance of dying before age 5 than their white peers. Credit: Getty Images The results of the study are short and to the point: Black children with heart conditions have more than a 30 ...Black children with heart conditions have a greater chance of dying before age 5 than their white peers.
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Minority Kids at Risk for Obesity Even Before Birth, Study Says

by Amy Hatch, Posted Mar 2nd 2010 9:00AM

Family income, cultural customs and beliefs are all factors that put minority kids at risk for obesity -- before they even leave the womb.
According to the Associated Press, researchers looked at more than a dozen circumstances that can ...
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Some schools inflexible about minority holidays

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Nov 11th 2006 10:09AM

Sometimes, when you are part of the majority, it is easy to forget about the views of the minority. While I admit to not thinking of how someone different from me feels about certain issues at times, I have wondered what it is like to be a member of ...
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