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Northbrook Junior High to get organic garden
Northbrook Junior High School is bringing more greens into students' daily lives. Northbrook School District 28 is constructing an organic garden next to the school. The outdoor classroom, which has been under development since fall, is expected to open...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Oh, that old diet
Although some skeptics remain wary, Mary Tapia, of Mount Prospect, is convinced there are benefits to the "Paleo Diet," which promotes unprocessed foods that were the diet of hunter-gatherers during the Paleolithic era — primarily meats, fish,...
Tags: Jim White, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Diets and Dieting, Neck Pain
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Glenbard D87 receives wellness grant to pay for activity monitors
A grant is going to pay for a new tool that will track students' sleep and activity level, part of a wellness initiative at Glenbard Township High School District 87 to combat teen obesity. Part of the $15,000 will pay for 60 wristbands made by Fitbit...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Obesity, Health and Safety at School, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Dorothy Hamill on skating and regaining strength
You know you're famous when your haircut becomes the haircut. Dorothy Hamill wasn't prepared for fame. She just loved to skate. As a shy child, she fell in love with being outside on a pond, breathing fresh air and feeling like she was in her own world....
Tags: Breast Cancer, Honda Center, Television Industry, Central Park
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Food banks adopting healthy food standards
Food banks across the country are adopting policies to make sure the people they serve get nutritious meals, according to Yale research. The groups that help feed the hungry are concerned about the rise in obesity and other illnesses even in those people...
Tags: Feeding America, Weight, Obesity, Nutrition
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Help yourself -- eat a little dirt
chrisc@herald-mail.comAmericans live in a food paradise. Food is generally plentiful, cheap and made to be convenient. And, despite the occasional food-poisoning event, the food supply is consistently safe to eat. Government food-safety regulations limit amounts of...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Health, Common Cold, Nutrition, Crohn's Disease
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HEAL begins with walking program to help fight obesity in Washington County
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comA scheduled walk around the North Hagerstown High School track Saturday morning will be the first program of HEAL, a non-profit organization aimed at fighting obesity in Washington County by promoting “Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles (HEAL).&...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Diets and Dieting
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Whole truth about which whole-grain foods are best
"Whole grain" has become a healthy eating buzz phrase, and food companies aren't shy about using it to entice us to buy products. Browse the bread, cereal or chip aisles of your favorite grocery store, and you'll see the upsell. Last year, nearly 3,...
Tags: New Products, Heart Disease, Food Industry, Walmart, Diabetes
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Morticians opening grocery in East Baltimore
Mortician Erich March told me he was tired of seeing people in his East Baltimore community die of conditions like diabetes and hypertension. He blamed the lack of grocery shopping choices in the neighborhood where he grew up and where his Aisquith Street...
Tags: Sears, St. Paul Street, Diabetes, Charles Village
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First lady Michelle Obama announces new fitness initiative in Chicago, where obesity is high
First lady Michelle Obama rolled out her latest health and fitness initiative in Chicago on Thursday, just as city heath officials released new data showing 1 in 4 of the city's public school students are obese. The "Let's Move! Active Schools"...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, 2012 Summer Olympics, Serena Williams, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Research
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Lower the risk of SIDS before your baby is born
Sudden infant death syndrome is every parent’s worst nightmare. From the time a family has a baby until that child is a year old, SIDS is a concern. Most new parents today know about the Back to Sleep campaign, which was recommended by the...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Quitting Smoking, Medical Specialization
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How to eat right while working hard
Taking time to eat during your work day is important, but if you aren't careful, office snacking can be the ultimate culprit for unwanted weight-gain. "100 extra calories a day can lead to a ten pound weight gain in a year," said Vicki Shanta Retelny, a...Tags: Politics, Pistachios, Lobbying
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