Health for the holidays
The Springfield News-Leader - Mon Dec 7, 4:09 am ETChances are you'll be buying a present this holiday season for a senior citizen or someone with a health condition.
Exercise and Fitness
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Health calendar
Honolulu Advertiser - Thu Dec 3, 6:34 pm ET"SEASON'S EATINGS," HMSA-sponsored discussion of healthy eating strategies to maintain weight and health during the holidays; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Kalihi YMCA; free; registration, 432-9220, or YMCA Welcome Desk.
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Community Center honored for fitness leadership effort
The Lonoke Democrat - Thu Dec 3, 3:57 pm ETThe Lonoke Community Center received the Arkansas Governor’s Council on Fitness award for health and fitness center leadership for the first time since the center opened in 2002.
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Fitness and health: Burn more fat in no time
Asbury Park Press - Thu Dec 3, 11:25 am ETLace up first thing and you'll increase your odds of exercising today threefold.
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Wellness activities in school district
Cnylink - Thu Dec 3, 9:02 am ETIn line with its wellness policy adopted in 2006, the Baldwinsville Central School District continues to emphasize creating and maintaining a learning environment that models and
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Get fit while having fun
Queens Courier - Thu Dec 3, 8:23 am ETAlthough we all understand the importance of exercise, it’s still not something that is enjoyable or easy to do. In fact, many people don’t do it at all. But, others just find it hard to get into a fitness routine, and may need a little extra something to get motivated.
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FEEL THE BURN
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Thu Dec 3, 4:06 am ETSo you think you know the drill on getting a good body. But we're not after good; we're after great. News flash: You don't have to overhaul your life to work off mega calories, tone your booty and juice your batteries. Here's how to squeeze the most out of your everyday routine to score the silhouette you've been sweating for.
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Weight loss and a precious gift
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Thu Dec 3, 4:27 am ETAmanda Light (left), 30, changed her diet and exercise regimen so she could donate a kidney to her mother Cheryl Light, 54, about a year ago. (Stephanie S. Cordle/P-D)
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AT THE PARKS
Gurnee Review - Thu Dec 3, 5:00 am ETANTIOCH
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Healthways, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to Provide SilverSneakers Fitness Program to Medicare ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 6:30 am ETNASHVILLE, Tenn.----Healthways, Inc. and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina today announced an agreement to provide the Healthways SilverSneakers® Fitness Program, the nation’s leading exercise program for older adults, to 47,000 Blue Medicare HMOSM and Blue Medicare PPOSM members beginning in January 2010.
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Compound exercises a perfect fit for busy shedules
Poughkeepsie Journal - Thu Dec 3, 3:02 am ET'Tis the season to be jolly ... or was that harried? How can you squeeze in two resistance workouts a week? Thankfully, there is an easy solution. Do compound exercises.
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Connie Bennett: 7 Tips To Relieve Holiday Stress
The Huffington Post - Wed Dec 2, 4:31 pm ETWhile 'tis the season to be merry, for many of us, it's also a season for stress, anxiety and angst, which leads us to...
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Friendship Village's seniors stay ahead of the pack
Bloomington Sun-Current - Wed Dec 2, 11:33 am ETGary Nelson doesn't have much time to talk. On this sunny autumn afternoon, he is on a treadmill, puffing like a locomotive. He seems unfazed, as though he was just starting to break a sweat.
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Sports briefs
This Week New Albany - Wed Dec 2, 5:12 pm ETThe Ohio Wesleyan softball coaches and players will hold a defense and base running clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for girls grades 5-12. Registration is limited to 50 participants per clinic.
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Illinois obesity rate expected to jump 12 percent by 2018
St. Charles Republican - Wed Dec 2, 1:39 pm ETSusan Eichensehr can’t believe what some people eat, not only during the holidays, but year-round.
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Grant allows students at one Corbin school to trade in chairs for exercise balls
Corbin News Journal - Wed Dec 2, 7:18 am ETStep inside Tonya Proffitt's fifth grade language arts and social studies class at Corbin Intermediate School on a typical school day and it isn't what you see that is so surprising so much as what you won't see.
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Fit Holiday Gifts
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North Pole express
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Obama to honor young inventors at science fair
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Science Daily: Fitness
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Weight-loss proves effective cure for sleep apnea
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Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance
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Young adults who exercise get higher IQ Scores
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Weight control strategies for adolescents identified
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