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Free fitness assessments offered for adults
Free fitness assessments for ages 16 and older are offered from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. during business hours through Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Underground Fitness, private studio, 14 Millrace Lane, Keedysville. Fitness assessments includes height, weight, BMI,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Nurse provides 'stepping stones' to wellness through weight loss
Name of business: Stepping Stone Health Owner: Lori Schellenberg Opening date: April 6, 2012 Products and services: Nursing case management services/nutritional health coaching, providing individualized tools and support for rapid and permanent...
Tags: Nursing, Weight Loss, Obesity, Overweight, Health and Safety at Work
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Expert: Workplace wellness, prevention programs key to better health
dona@herald-mail.comWashington County residents have, on average, higher rates of cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the rest of Maryland, and one place to begin improving those statistics is in the workplace, a state disease expert said Friday. Maryland has...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Business, Obesity, Health and Safety at Work, Weight
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Food drive planned
Allegany Dental Care will hold its fifth annual food drive during the month of February. The staff will accept donations of nonperishable food items at its three locations. All food collected will be donated to Food Resources Inc. The locations are:...Tags: Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Obesity, Overweight, Human Interest
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
By Melissa Tewes Special to The Herald-Mail Your mother always told you that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. As usual, Mom was right. There are many physical and mental benefits to eating breakfast every day. Many documented...Tags: Iron (dietary supplement), Dietary Supplements, Vitamin B2, Weight, Salt
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Web-based company offers financial incentives for weight loss
marieg@herald-mail.comThere are plenty of reasons why Nancy Rotz has been on a weight-loss mission. A breast cancer survivor, she has become dedicated to leading a healthier lifestyle. She wants to have more energy. And she wants to wear her skinny clothes and stilettos....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Weight Loss, Steroids, Health and Safety at Work, Breast Cancer
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Program helps people to retrain their brain for better health
taylor.eckel@herald-mail.comAre you stressed? Are you overweight or obese? If so, you might be able to participate in a free stress-management and weight-loss program through the Washington County Health Department. The health department will offer the latest Emotional Brain...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Obesity, Weight, Online Advertising
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You've lost the weight, now what?
tiffanya@herald-mail.comThis time last year, Jamie Crisler-Smith said she wanted to lose weight and get in shape for 2010 — the same goal many others made. But unlike most, Crisler-Smith kept her resolution. Crisler-Smith has lost more than 100 pounds. Her clothes no...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Weight, Diabetes, Physical Conditions
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Teen works to turn the tables on obesity epidemic
tiffanya@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is the second in a monthly series about childhood obesity. Food wasn't making William "Chris" Moats happy anymore. So the 15-year-old and his family decided to challenge his biggest foe: obesity. A program called KidShape helped...Tags: Weight Loss, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Family, Weight
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More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says
More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...
Tags: Medical Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Overweight, Elementary Schools
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...
Tags: Medical Research, Behavioral Conditions, Obesity, Substance Abuse, Overweight
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What we think: Central Florida needs to break the obesity cycle
Not so long ago, about one in every 10 adult Floridians was obese. Today, if you line up four Floridians, one of them will be obese. The good news? At least we're not Mississippi, where every third person has a body mass index of 30 or higher —...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Winter Park, Obesity, Family, Maitland
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