
By HEATHER MURPHY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2R5SBz5

A new survey has found that 74 percent of kids still receive unhealthy drinks or side items with their kids' meals when they eat fast food, despite many restaurants’ promises of more nutritious options for youngsters.
The ongoing EpiPen shortage, along with drugmaker Mylan's price increases, has caused problems, especially as the school year starts and parents are expected to supply their schools with new epinephrine devices.
Short bursts of in-classroom activity can trim childhood obesity rates while helping elementary schools provide 30 minutes of daily exercise for students, researchers have found.
In addition to the deaths, the flu put about 900,000 people in the hospital. Flu cases started ramping up in November 2017 and ran high through the following March, according to the CDC.