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Paterson, Smith-Baugh: Health trends for blacks must be reversed in a hurry in South Florida
In April, the National Urban League released their 37th State of Black America report, which looks at the education, income, employment and health of Black America in communities and nationwide. This 50-year retrospective discusses how we need to...Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Broward County, Weight, Nutrition
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Students split on Prospect High's divided PE curriculum
It's known as the "lower" PE class, but some students at one northwest suburban high school simply call it "fat gym." Sophomore James Farquharson said his peers coined the term after Prospect High School adopted a new physical education curriculum...
Tags: Naperville Central High School, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Students
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Rise of the 'femivores': An activist woman's place is in the kitchen
Is the feminist movement to blame for our expanding waistline? In her book “Homeward Bound,” excerpted on Salon, author Emily Matchar points to food writers and experts who’ve pinned the problem on feminism. In driving women out of the...
Tags: Heart Disease, Richard Nixon, Diseases and Illnesses, Feminism, Weight
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HEAL FitWalk promotes healthy food, lifestyles
holly.shok@herald-mail.comChef Joe Fleischman’s plan worked out perfectly Wednesday when children in attendance of Family Fit Night flocked to the self-serve fruit and yogurt parfait line he had cunningly prepared. “Brightly colored food usually is good for you,...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Overweight, Weight
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Local group gets grant to fight child obesity
Savannah Morning News, Ga.The local business coalition bent on cutting the fat in Chatham County children just received a healthy funding grant to make it happen. Healthy living organizations the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation this week awarded the...Tags: Family, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Conservation, Overweight
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Got diet milk?
In the face of troubling childhood obesity rates and what it sees as low milk consumption rates, the dairy industry says it has a solution: Offer kids flavored milk that uses low-calorie artificial sweeteners. The only problem, industry...
Tags: Family, Elgin, Montgomery County (Maryland), Food and Drug Administration, Beverage Industry
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Oil and soda taxes advance in California Legislature
SACRAMENTO -- Two controversial tax measures advanced Wednesday in the California Legislature — a penny-per-ounce levy on soda and a charge on oil pumped from the ground in the state. The Senate Health Committee members approved a bill by state...
Tags: Family, Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Food Industry
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READER SUBMITTED: American Heart Association And Aetna Team Up To Bring Macdonough Elementary Teaching Garden
MiddletownThe American Heart Association announces that Macdonough Elementary School in Middletown will receive a Teaching Garden thanks to Aetna and it's team of nurses. The school's Garden Club will receive the materials needed to plant a real-life laboratory...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Medical Specialization, Schools, Elementary Schools, Nursing
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EDITORIAL: Gov. Christie latest 'loser'
Boston HeraldGov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, an able Republican practitioner of the in-your-face school of political combat, has tackled his obesity with surgery -- for the sake of his wife and four children, he said; although various pundits insist it's to clear...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Chris Christie, Elections, Botox (drug)
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Changing the future of Yuma's health
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.In view of escalating health-care costs and other challenges, how can the community improve its health? More than 100 of Yuma County's leaders, health providers and elected officials gathered Thursday to engage in dialogue and try to come up with...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Weight, Health and Medical Professionals, Social Issues, Body Mass Index
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Cancer doctor Otis Brawley urges MCG graduates to focus on disease prevention
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Even with a distinguished career and a top position at the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley conceded he was envious of the new crop of physicians emerging from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University that will benefit from...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Health Insurance Cost, Weight, Health and Medical Professionals, Disease Prevention
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Sitting ducks
Khaleej TimesSitting for long hours is really bad for you; in fact, it may be killing you. It's time to stand up and take note of what it's really doing to your body Have you ever thought that something as innocuous as the everyday habit of sitting could be...Tags: Chiropractors, Yoga, Arthritis, Pilates, Weight
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