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posted 06/05/2008, comments (0)

Can We Halt Childhood Obesity?

This week the Washington Post began running an eight-part series about overweight and obese children. This serious public health problem has been growing in severity over the past few decades and so have the risks from chronic diseases like heart disease and many forms of cancer. As the articles point out, as children got fatter and less... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/05/2008, comments (0)

Workout method

Is is harmful to do a workout in which the upper body and lower body is integrated into one thing? Like do a set of curls, then a set of squats. In other words, constantly be working a muscle but from a different part of the body. Is this bad good, or just the same as a normal workout.

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posted 04/18/2008, comments (0)

Body aches gone

First of all I'm a 17 year old girl. I understand when you first start exercising your body aches when it's not used it. Well I've recently just started full body exercising for the past three days, my abdominal section was at first aching for the first two days, yet now it's all bloaty and looks like it's growing rather then sliming down. Why is... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/09/2008, comments (0)

Delicious Tastes of Spring: A California Market Piled High

I just spent a glorious, long weekend in Southern California enjoying every minute. The highlight was when our family walked to the Palisades Farmers Market for a spring food tasting. As you approach the little plaza where the market is held you feel the energy bouncing from every stall. There is music playing and throngs of people sampling... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/19/2008, comments (0)

Honey, I Supersized the Kids

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2004, 13.9% of children ages 2-5, 18.8% of children ages 6-11, and 17.4% of children ages 12-14 are overweight. These numbers are significantly up from 1970, when the numbers were no higher than 4.6% in any of the age groups (1).... Read more Chevron

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