Pop Health Twitter Roundup (7/27/11)

 The latest and greatest from @PopHealth:

• The wealth gap between whites and minorities is at its widest in 25 years

• Academy Health announces new initiative to generate evidence & leverage findings from Beacon Communities

• McDonald's adds choice of fruit or veggies to Happy Meals and reduces french fry portion by 50% (kcals down ~20%)

• Mark Bittman proposes a solution to the Standard American Diet (also see interesting interactive timeline)

• Who are America's poor children? New report examines health disparities by race and ethnicity

• Haven't heard of Health Leads? The Atlantic has a great conversation with CEO (and MacArthur Fellow) Rebecca Onie

• Pop Health win: new Russian law categorizes beer as alcohol (not food)

• Important new study links increased public health spending to reduced mortality