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Saturday, March 3, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Lifestyle choices made in your 20s can impact your heart health in your 40s

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PST

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new study.

Diabetes risk from sitting around

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:29 AM PST

A new study has found that women who stay seated for long periods of time every day are more prone to developing type 2 diabetes, but that a similar link wasn't found in men.

A healthy teenager is a happy teenager

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:29 AM PST

Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers. New research also shows that 12-13 is a catalyst age when young people turn away from the healthy habits of their younger years and start to get involved in risky behaviors.

Should we play hide-and-go-seek with our children's vegetables?

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:09 PM PST

Pass the peas please! How often do we hear our children say this? According to a recent survey of adolescents, only 21 percent of our children eat the recommended five or more fruits and vegetables per day. So not very many children are asking their parents to "pass the peas," and parents are resorting to other methods to get their children to eat their vegetables.

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