NH childhood obesity prevention recommendations
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 11:03 am ETThe 14 recommendations made Tuesday by the New Hampshire Commission on Prevention of Childhood Obesity:
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New Weight Loss Trend – Dieters Compete to Lose Weight Online
PRWeb - Mon Dec 7, 11:44 am ETAndrew Chatwood, 53, has won the first ever ‘Terrific in 10’ body transformation contest at Wexer.com, a free video workout site that offers personalized health and fitness advice. Chatwood whittled 3 inches off his waist, gained an inch of upper body strength and shed 9 pounds - without a strict diet or crazy workout schedule. When your computer becomes your home gym, it’s easy to get results ...
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Power Plate(R) Exercise Voted 'Best Los Angeles Workout' on Citysearch
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 11:00 am ETThe revolutionary Power Plate® workout
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Beat the 'holiday bulge' by making smart nutritional decisions
Today's News-Herald - Mon Dec 7, 5:59 am ET(ARA) - The holiday temptations of hot chocolate, savory turkey, warm pumpkin pie and other enticing treats can launch you into the seasonal spirit. But they can also make your New Year's getting-in-shape resolutions harder to achieve.
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Appointment Book
Erie Times-News - Mon Dec 7, 12:09 am ET-Active Minds at Mercyhurst College will host a free panel discussion Thursday, Dec. 10, 8:30 p.m., in the college's Zurn Hall, Lecture Hall 114. The session, Now and After College: A Panel Discussion on Mental Health, will discuss mental health and illness on a college campus and what to expect after college.
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Gift ideas for the fitness fans on your list
Lexington Clipper-Herald - Mon Dec 7, 2:52 am ET(ARA) - What do you get the fitness fans on your holiday shopping list? Candy and fruitcake probably aren't good gifts, since they're likely watching their diets. Clothing is difficult, since getting the style and size right can be tricky.
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Poorer pupils benefit from daily physical activity
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Dec 6, 10:16 pm ETHamburg - Daily exercise at school may reduce the impact of poverty and other socio-economic forces on future heart problems, German researchers have found. One year of daily gym class increased fat-free mass by 2.6 per cent among children in a poore...
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Finding a health club that fits your needs
San Francisco Chronicle - Sun Dec 6, 3:41 am ETEditor's note: The Chronicle is working with Bay Area Consumers' Checkbook magazine and Checkbook.org, a nonprofit consumer group that rates various types of local service firms and professionals, to help you find the best services in the Bay Area. For the... Christmas - Health - holiday - Thanksgiving - Christmas tree
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Business owners need to work exercise into their busy schedules
Salem Statesman Journal - Sun Dec 6, 6:20 am ETEver feel like you spend all your time running your business, and there's just no time in your day to fit in some exercise? Many business owners say it's hard to justify exercising when they could be selling, marketing or otherwise growing their businesses. And fitness, which for many feels like a chore, is easy to cross off the to-do list.
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State set to push potatoes off couch
The News Journal - Sun Dec 6, 4:06 am ETCul de sacs, computers and cars are conspiring to turn Delaware into a state full of couch potatoes and the state hopes that a set of initiatives designed to put a new emphasis on fitness -- and activity -- will help counter the trend.
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Trainer building name with Olympic hopefuls
The Saratogian - Sun Dec 6, 5:14 am ETBALLSTON SPA — Mark Boudreau is a trainer to rising stars with Olympic dreams, and also to regular youngsters who just want to get fit and healthy.
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Don't sweat the scale
Omaha World-Herald - Sun Dec 6, 1:12 am ETOther numbers may be better fitness indicators.
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Wellness Center
Odessa American - Sun Dec 6, 3:15 am ETA management agreement for the new Mission Fitness Center at the Center for Health and Wellness will headline the monthly meeting of the Ector County Hospital District board at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ted Keith: Rays' Longoria intensifying training regimen before telling third season
Sports Illustrated - Fri Dec 4, 2:16 pm ETAs he prepared to begin his second major league season last April, Evan Longoria was asked how he could build on a terrific debut season in 2008 that ended with a Rookie of the Year award for himself and an unexpected World Series trip for the Rays. He suggested it wouldn't be that hard to hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs. Two days later, Rays coaches had Longoria out in center field and ...
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Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts
KATU Portland - Sat Dec 5, 4:21 pm ETIn simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. These days, a range of gadgets can help boost your workouts.
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Ultimate Fitness Comes to East Aurora
East Aurora Advertiser - Sat Dec 5, 10:39 am ETThe owners of a new health and fitness center in East Aurora see the benefit of leading an active lifestyle, and they would like to help push community members that extra step towards following their example.
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Fit Holiday Gifts
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Kenya's village of athletes feeling the strain
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Science Daily: Fitness
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Exercise reduces death rate in prostate cancer patients
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Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients
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Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance
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