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  • Several Key Health Insurance Changes happen Sept 23rd.

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — September 23 marks the six-month anniversary of health reform. It’s also the date when several key insurance changes come into effect. Here’s what you need to know about how your insurance is affected. If you get insurance through your boss: Many people who are insured through work won’t notice immediate changes…

  • Childhood Obesity in AZ

    Here & Now: Childhood Obesity in AZ Here and Now talked to Janet Foote and Beth Jacobs, both from the College of Public health at the University of Arizona, about the increase of childhood obesity and what can be to to improve the health of kids in Arizona. KJZZ listeners offer their personal solutions to…

  • Ashburn Village Sports Pavilion – Kids Triathlon

    Ashburn Village Sports Pavilion – Kids Triathlon SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 As someone who is really trying to inspire parents to not only set a good example by being active and fit themselves, but impact their own family’s perspective on health and fitness — I Love that my Community is doing this type of event! What…

  • Weight Loss Finding: Cash Incentives Fail to Help Some Lose Pounds

    (Aug. 6) — Americans have never been fatter. Here’s one reason it will be hard to turn that around: You can’t even pay people to shed weight. Out this month in the journal Applied Economics Letters is new research by Nicholas Burger and John Lynham. The study’s conclusion is that even when people bet they’ll…

  • I am not going to lie and say it’s easy all the time

    I am not going to lie and say it’s easy all the time. This morning I just did not want to go workout – no way, no how. I started the dialogue with the sleep monster and it almost won – ALMOST. 2 years into this – my commitment and routine are so ingrained that…

  • 2 years strong!

    It’s turning into a great day even if I had to start it off doing burpees! Today is a milestone for me – it was 2 YEARS AGO to the day that I attended my first boot camp. To mark the occasion, my trainer – MT – did the final PT Station with our group…

  • Smoking around kids exacts a high toll

    Smoking around kids exacts a high toll: studies Smoking today stands out like a big elephant in the middle of a room. I don’t even know anyone in my personal circle that smokes – which is a far cry from my social circle when I was in my 20s. Times sure have changed.  Smoking is…

  • Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips

    Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips Sounds like this DHA is pretty important for brain growth and evolution. The lack of it in modern diets and the change in brain chemistry that the lack causes—may be why there has been a big increase explains the growth in recent times of…

  • Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules”

    7 Words & 7 Rules for Eating “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Pollan says everything he’s learned about food and health can be summed up in seven words: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Probably the first two words are most important. “Eat food” means to eat real food — vegetables, fruits,…

  • Beef and Quinoa Meatballs

    Sneak whole grains and veggies into crowd-pleasing meatballs with this easy recipe that will stretch your food dollar, too. Serve with your favorite pasta and marinara sauce or on a hoagie with cheese for a dynamite meatball sub sandwich. Beef and Quinoa Meatballs | WholeFoodsMarket.com. A friend of mine, Michelle, suggested this recipe yesterday. She…