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Heart screenings given to 94 sixth graders at a school in Houston uncovered seven kids with heart conditions, including two requiring surgery, reports the Houston Chronicle. The study, led by Houston…
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When someone you care about hurts you, you can hold on to anger, resentment and thoughts of revenge — or embrace forgiveness and move forward.
From the Mayo Clinic:
Nearly everyone has been hurt by the actions or words of another. Perhaps your mother criticized your parenting skills or your partner had…
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Bicycling!
The United States is among the nations with the highest obesity rate in the world, obesity has been a difficult issue to deal with in the social life of us Americans, and in the last decade we have really led the way in overweight people but re…
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From Ask Dr. Mao:
Stuffed with stuffing, filled with turkey, crammed with cookies, and saturated with alcohol. Now what? Holidays call for celebration, and many of us know the consequences that come from overindulging in alcohol and food. Sometimes, despite out best intenti…
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From the New York Times: Or what you should expect when eating out, but do not want.
This is the second half of the 100 do’s and don’ts
from last week’s post. Again, this list is for one particular restaurant, mine, which is…
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From the New York Times. Or What you want when eating out.
Herewith is a modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant I am building. Veteran waiters, moonlighting actresses, libertarians and baristas will no doubt pr…
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From Limed World News:
One the most important indicators of the state of health of Americans today may be the ever increasing rate of overweight and obese children. The Institute of Medicine has found that one-third of American children are either obese…
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From Article Database:
The World Health Organization or WHO projected that by the year 2015, close to 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and about 700 million will be obese.
WHO defines overweight and obesity as “abnormal or excessiv…
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We think we`re healthier than we actually are, suggests a new survey from
market
research leader Mintel.
Surveying Americans about their health, Mintel found
people`s perceptions strongly contradict national statistics about obesity,
illness and wellness.
Seven in 10 survey respondents (71%) told Mintel they t…
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From the Wall Street Journal:
After 50, Avid Athletes Find That to Stay Healthy, They Must Let Go of the Need to Win
During Sunday's Chicago Triathlon, I kept my heart rate low…
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From MSN:
How far will we go to avoid the facts on food?
So how much do we really care about our health? Perhaps we are destined to meander down the same path toward obesity. That’s right, 34 percent of Americans are considered obese. Not just a bit overweight, but "obese."
While we have a bounty of i…
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From Yahoo News:
Burger King - Steakhouse Burger
950 calories, 59g fat, and 55g carbs!
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From the Wall Street Journal:
A New Jersey man backed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed suit against Denny's Corp. on Thursday, seeking to have the chain disclose in its restaurants the sodium content of its food.
The suit, filed in Superior Court of New Jersey, claims that some meals at Denny's contai…
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From the Atlantic Magazine:
The idea that fat people are driving up health care costs is one of those arguments that's so easy to make and so thinly intui…
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Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). July 2009
Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for Ameri…
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From the Mayo Clinic:
When you follow these methods to cut the fat, meat and poultry can be both a tasty and healthy part of your diet.
Meat and poultry are valuable — and for many people, favorite — sources of protein and other important nutrients. They also can be high in fat — adding unhealthy satu…
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Courtesy of the New York Times:
Dr. Carroll and Dr. Vreeman, both from the Indiana University School of Medi…
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From Blue Shield:
Americans have been packing on the pounds and coping with the consequences of being overweight. Type-2 diabetes and heart disease are just two of the chronic ill effects associated with obesity. Getting your weight under control is critical to long-term health. Th…
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To all our members who are Dad's. To your good health!
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According to findings from on national online survey of 400 primary care physicians (PCPs) conducted by Hart Research Associates, nearly all (96%) PCPs believe the nation’s health care system should be placing more emphasis on nutrition when it comes to the treatment and management of chronic disease. Among survey findings:
* Nearly three in five (59%)…
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