Healthy Kids: BMI in Children Has Multiple Variables

Published October 6, 2013

Healthy Kids: BMI in children has multiple variables
We love everything about Halloween — candy, costumes and trick-or-treating — and most of all, pumpkins. Cringe at … In a recent poll, childhood obesity exceeded drug abuse and smoking as the No. 1 concern of … When it comes to BMI, what is …
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Tylenol's Key Ingredient Under (More) Scrutiny
To be sure, treating pain with any medication is an intrinsically dicey, though often necessary, business. Opioids can reduce pain, though not entirely, and carry the risk of dependence, immune and hormonal changes and, in some cases, abuse and …
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"Skate plazas" can invigorate public space
That park would be a great location for a skate spot: it's across the street from the White Oak Transit Center, an important bus terminal, and is a short distance from thousands of homes and apartments, along with shops, restaurants and the Food and …
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Wilderness program helping teens with problems
Four teens ran away from a wilderness therapy program in Old Fort this summer, attracting media attention, yet Executive Director Shawn Farrell doesn't want those incidents to define his organization for the public. … “So many of the kids have mental …
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