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For kids, a healthier way to snack
Growing up in Texas, I played softball — fast pitch. After playing in the hot Texas sun, our team, the Sweetpeas, had a snack of oranges and water, in containers brought from home. Today, my husband and I are new Howard County residents, and we...
Tags: Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Documentary (genre), Kidney Disease, Oranges
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Parents must play a role in preventing childhood obesity
As physicians who treat overweight children in Maryland daily, we strongly support the views expressed by Horizon Foundation CEO Nikki Highsmith Vernick in her recent commentary on childhood obesity ("A healthier way to snack," May 15). We urge parents to...Tags: Weight, Body Mass Index, Parenting, Obesity, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Nutrition and type 2 diabetes prevention
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Amanda Tauber weighs in on type 2...Tags: Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Amputation, Heart Disease, National Institutes of Health
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How to raise a veggie-eating kid
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Faith Hicks weighs in on family...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Green Beans, Substance Abuse
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Howard County pets: When stairs become a challenge
Q: My older large-breed dog is having trouble climbing and descending stairs. He has good days and bad days. What’s causing this? A: Any time there’s a major change in a dog’s willingness to do a previously routine activity like going...Tags: Weight, Pharmaceuticals, Dietary Supplements, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Therapists
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Fatter folks, sicker bay
For insight as to why we're having trouble restoring the Chesapeake Bay, I'm reading "The Evolution of Obesity" by medical researchers Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin. It's an illuminating look at how we got so fat. It's epidemic — more than a...
Tags: Weight, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Biology, Science
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Many hope for fresh start at gym
Douglas Bayne joined the Merritt Athletic Club in downtown Baltimore about five years ago, but he hasn't exactly been a gym rat.
"I work out for two weeks and I'll take off for eight months," the 38-year-old social worker said.
So like many other...Tags: Weight, New Year's Day, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stress
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Opportunities running out for Ronny Paulino
– Given what's happened in the past two years, catcher Ronny Paulino isn't fazed by his current situation. That's what happens when you've been traded three times, suspended for failing a drug test and faced with a career-threatening health...
Tags: Blood, Baseball, Taylor Teagarden, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Columbia working on plan to improve network of pathways
Columbia will develop by June a vision for a network of interconnected pathways that will allow residents to ditch their vehicles and use nearly 100 miles of trails to walk, bike or run to their destinations. Some 130 community members turned out this...Tags: Weight, Weight, Howard County, Physical Fitness and Exercise, James Rouse
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Shots falling or not, Maryland's Stoglin has unsinkable confidence
Coaches say the best way to emerge from a slump is simply to keep shooting. Terrell Stoglin didn't need to be told twice.
It was Nov. 18, and the Maryland guard was one day removed from the worst game of his college career — 0-for-9 from the...Tags: Weight, Virginia Tech Hokies, Duke Blue Devils, Atlantic Coast Conference, Seth Greenberg
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Al Sharpton supports same-sex marriage in Maryland
MSNBC commentator Rev. Al Sharpton cut a web video supporting same-sex marriage legislation in Maryland and hosted MD Gov. Martin O'Malley on his cable show this evening to talk about the issue. Sharpton says in his video: "As a Baptist minister, I don'...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Chris Christie, Government, Same-Sex Marriage
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85 pounds lighter and couldn't be happier about turning 40
I don't think I have ever used the "f-word" to describe myself. I've called myself overweight, and heavy. My clothes have been for "big girls" from the "women's" department, but fat has never really been in my vocabulary. Other people have called me fat....Tags: Weight, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages
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