Health Briefs

Healthy Eating For Kids
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of overweight children has more than doubled in the past two decades. And it's no wonder. Almost 70 percent of children eat more than the USDA recommended levels of fat, and more than 80 percent don't eat the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables daily.

Joel Allison Receives CEO IT Achievement Award
Baylor Health Care System President Joel Allison was one of three health care industry CEOs to receive the 2005 CEO IT Achievement Award from Modern Healthcare magazine and the Healthcare Information Management System Society. The annual award recognizes CEOs committed to bringing information technology to their organizations to improve care and meet strategic objectives.

Celebrating Women
The sixth annual Celebrating Women luncheon will take place Oct. 20 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel. The goal of the event is to raise funds for the W.H. and Peggy Smith Baylor Sammons Breast Center and breast cancer research at Baylor. Actress Rue McClanahan will deliver the keynote address. Corporate sponsors include Saks Fifth Avenue, jeweler deBoulle and The Dallas Morning News*. Ticket prices for the Celebrating Women luncheon begin at $150 per person. For more information, please call Baylor Health Care System Foundation at (214) 820-6138.

*Corporate sponsors at time of printing.

The key to surviving breast cancer is finding it early. Women should have annual screening mammograms beginning at age 40-earlier if they have a family history. To schedule a mammogram at a Baylor facility, call 1-800-4BAYLOR.

Baylor Among Top 50 Hospitals
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas is the only local hospital to be recognized for 13 years running in the U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" issue. For 2005, Baylor Dallas is ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals in Digestive Disorders, Gynecology, Heart and Heart Surgery, Kidney Disease, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Orthopaedics. Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation also was ranked for the ninth time among the nation's top 25 rehab facilities.