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Muevete USA promotes healthy lifestyles among Latinos and Hispanics
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Football, zumba, softball and boxing are some of the fun activities children said they do for exercise at the first annual Muevete USA event. Combating childhood obesity was the focus at the Muevete USA project held Saturday at Cesar...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dwayne Johnson, Family, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity
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Workshop presents healthy food in a fun new way
Staff WriterFor preschool teacher Cynthia Juarez, preparing healthy meals in a fun and creative way was exactly what she wanted to learn to help teach her students at Room to Grow preschool in Brawley. “It’s extremely important for our kids to learn...Tags: Overweight, Healthy Diet, Obesity, Education, Diets and Dieting
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INKED! CVS diet bad on many levels
I’m thinking the CVS diet might be right for me. That’s the one where my company requires me to reveal my weight, blood pressure and glucose levels to eventually use them against me. It’s the one where I face a $600-a-year penalty...
Tags: Overweight, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, National Government, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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Our View: Judge right to block soda ban
A state judge who this week blocked a large soda ban in New York City said the ban was “arbitrary and capricious.” We concur. We might add it was also ridiculous, intrusive and nanny-state-ish. The ban on selling sweetened sodas over 16...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Crime, Law and Justice, Michelle Obama, Judges, Arts and Culture
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Advocates gather to discuss Valley healthy food options
Staff Writer, Copy EditorThe snapshot of the community’s health that was presented at a forum here Wednesday suggests more needs to be done to increase the availability of healthy foods. Of particular concern was the burden placed on society and families in general as a...Tags: Overweight, Healthy Diet, Personal Income, Women, Infants and Children, Diets and Dieting
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County meeting to create safe school routes, fight obesity
Staff WriterHOLTVILLE — In an effort to lower the obesity rate of local youths, the community is invited to discuss creating safe walking and biking routes to schools in the Valley. With a recent health information survey showing 74 percent of adults and 42...Tags: Obesity
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Our View: Get ready to support cancer awareness events
It’s the rare person who hasn’t been touched by cancer. Many of our readers themselves have been diagnosed with cancer, while many others have close family members or friends with the disease. Cancer comes in many variations to people of...Tags: American Cancer Society, Overweight, Health Treatments, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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Our View: Ag-food programs promote healthy living
There long has been a disconnect, even in an area that grows much of the nation’s produce, between what is on our plates and knowing where it comes from. Remarkably, there are many among us who have no idea that the lettuce in our hamburgers, the...Tags: Healthy Diet, Environmental Issues, Agriculture, Obesity, Education
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Our View: Eating local and low cal
That three of the Imperial Valley’s most popular locally-owned restaurants are joining the fight against childhood obesity is not only innovative, it’s entirely essential. For two months starting in February, a special children’s menu...Tags: Science and Technology, Dining and Drinking, Research, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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INKED! Added pounds means paying more at the pump? WTH?
As if we fatties didn’t have enough to worry about, we now have to pay attention at the gas pump in way you bony, chiseled types don’t have to. The brain trust at Allstate posted a blog recently citing a 2010 Consumer Reports study showing...
Tags: Bacon, Overweight, The Huffington Post, Elections, Social Media
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Structured physical education the right type of obesity prevention measure
When it comes to the battle of the bulge, many health experts have noted the need for a preventative approach, rather than solely focusing on treatment. In that respect, reaching out to youths at an early age often proves the best bet. So it is with...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity
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Brawley, El Centro elementary districts implement changes to fitness programs
Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer, Copy EditorThe Brawley and El Centro elementary school districts are in the process of implementing changes to their physical education and nutritional programs this year as part of an ongoing effort to combat childhood obesity in the Valley. While the changes are...Tags: Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Students
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