A study conducted by the nonprofit health research organization Altarum Institute suggests that Delaware's first-in-the-nation guidelines for nutrition and physical activity in child care are broadly accepted by both child care providers and parents, and that challenges to implementing the policies can be overcome with support. The study was conducted by Altarum as a part of its Childhood ...

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Winterthur's annual event brings in paying visitors, but few buyers.

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It isn’t just women who are the object of unwanted advances in the workplace. Take what happened to James Kelly, an employee of StarTek, a call center operator that provides services to companies such as T-Mobile and AT&T. Kelly was employed as a customer service representative at the Delaware-based company’s Petersburg call center from January 2008 to April 2008. During that time, Kelly says he was subject to repeated sexual harassment by a female co-worker. From the lawsuit filed Ju

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Caffeine is a staple in office break rooms across the country, pepping up adults who slog through their days feeling drowsy and tired. Perhaps we all just need a little bit more sleep? A new study released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that adults are not getting enough rest each night. Of those questioned, 70 percent said they had not gotten enough rest or sleep every day of the past month. Yawning in America The study, which surveyed adults in Delaware, Ha

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Delaware is one of several states that have implemented wellness and prevention programs. State employee wellness programs are often launched as pilots for broader health initiatives and as examples of best practices that it is hoped the private sector will follow. DelaWELL, Delaware’s pilot wellness program, was designed to set an example for private employers to follow, as well as to demonstrate the possible ROI. Delaware employer, ING DIRECT, is unusual in that it adopted its own wellne

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