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Nonprofits get $100,000 to fight childhood obesity
Sentinel Staff WriterTwo nonprofit groups that serve Orange County children have been awarded $100,000 each for obesity prevention. Get Active Orlando will use the money to increase physical activity in the city's Parramore district, and the Institute for America's Health...Tags: Physical Fitness, Illnesses, Orange County (Florida), Parramore, Florida
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Can working out offset carrying extra fat?
Far too few of us are active and lean, the ideal combination for staving off heart disease and a variety of other chronic conditions. These days, most adults are overweight, inactive, or both. If you could be just one — active or lean —...Tags: Physical Fitness, Dallas, North Carolina, Diseases, Heart Disease
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Childhood obesity: Lower grades?
Overweight kids might do more poorly in school. When grade-point averages were compared among 566 middle school students in a Philadelphia suburb, overweight students came in at about half a grade point lower than normal-weight kids. The study,...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Illnesses
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Long-awaited physical activity guidelines set minimum daily sweat allotment for good health
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Get moving: New exercise guidelines released Tuesday set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2½ hours a week. How much physical activity you need depends largely on age and level of fitness. Moderate...Tags: Physical Fitness, Health and Safety at School, People, Death and Dying, Diseases
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Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba and Halle Berry: What's their baby weight loss secret?!
Special to amNewYorkNever mind the fact that more than half the U.S. population is overweight and we're facing an obesity epidemic. What we really care about are those on the opposite side of the spectrum -- the ever-changing shapes of Hollywood starlets. Specifically, new...Tags: Katie Holmes, Michael J Fox, Jessica Alba, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry
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For high school linemen, what is too big?
South Florida Sun-SentinelOffensive linemen aren't supposed to smile. They're the toughest guys on a football team. They intimidate. Protect quarterbacks. Open holes for running backs. But there are times Northeast's Michael Flash walks to the line and smirks. He knows that...Tags: Physical Fitness, Health Organizations, American Medical Association, Football, Colleges and Universities
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How much is enough? Guidelines set healthful activity levels
The Associated PressGet moving: The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2 1/2 hours a week. Consider it the exercise version of the food pyramid. The guidelines, from the Health and Human Services...Tags: Physical Fitness, Health and Safety at School, Adults, Illnesses, People
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Amy Hempel Wins Short Story Prize
The Rea Award for the Short Story, an annual $30,000 prize given to a writer from the United States or Canada for "significant contribution to the discipline of the short story form," has named its 2008 winner. She is Amy Hempel, whose "The Collected...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Cynthia Ozick, West Hartford, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Connecticut
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Merck ends obesity drug study and regulatory plan
Merck & Co. said Thursday it will end a late-stage development program on its potential obesity drug taranabant and abandon plans to apply for approval, citing side effects associated with high doses. In March, the company said it wouldn't include...Tags: Health Treatments, Illnesses, Merck & Company Incorporated, Prescription Drugs
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October 6: School athletics, eating out smart, offsetting taxes, Chinese chocolate
School athletics without burden Despite acknowledging that every cent raised by the West Islip Coaches Association has been used to supplement budget appropriations and pay for athletic expenses in the district, the article "Popped on vending" [News,...Tags: State Budgets, Physical Fitness, Layoffs and Downsizing, Islip, Albert Einstein
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Acid reflux disease hits Americans hard
Special to The TimesIT WAS 1972 when a visibly uncomfortable man leaned over the side of his bed bemoaning his indulgence with the phrase, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." This Alka-Seltzer commercial was an early and memorable marketing effort to show how a simple...Tags: Massachusetts, Health and Safety at School, North Carolina, Kansas, Prescription Drugs
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Halloween sugar fest causes fright for parents, but fear not: Trickery helps in moderation
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ It wasn't the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno's front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes. "The kids were just so huge," Bruno says. So five years ago, she was scared...Tags: Los Angeles, Health Organizations, Religious Festivals, Toy Industry, Public Holidays
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