But most people prefer to adopt healthy newborns, and there are hundreds of lawyers, other experts and adoption agencies that have Web sites offering services to these prospective parents.
People who adopt healthy lifestyles enhance the quality of their lives.
Patients in the Asheville program agree to meet regularly with pharmacists who advise and encourage them to take their medicine and adopt healthy habits.
It makes sense to incorporate fun theory into programmes aimed at children and young people, but can the approach persuade adults to adopt healthy habits too?
Critics of the ban say there are not enough Russians willing to adopt healthy children, let alone those with special needs.
The WCRF runs the Great Grub Club website ( www.greatgrubclub.com), which encourages children to adopt healthy habits and includes a section for parents.
"I don't think it's appropriate to segment it off," said Dr. Thomas W. Rowland, chief of pediatric cardiology at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., who routinely counsels children and parents on how to adopt healthy lifestyles.
And some big companies, like Safeway and General Electric, are experimenting on their own with financial incentives to prod employees to adopt healthy habits or to drop bad ones.
Offering people financial incentives to adopt healthy behaviour is a controversial area of public policy.
"Getting patients to adopt healthy behaviors represents a tremendous economic opportunity for life sciences companies and health care systems".
Stage-based interventions have been tested and found to be successful in helping people adopt healthy and safe lifestyles.
