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Monday, April 22, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Community gardening could carry health benefits - CBS News

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:43 PM PDT


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Community gardening could carry health benefits
CBS News
For the study, researchers measured the body mass index (BMI) -- a calculation based on height and weight -- of gardeners who had used a community gardening plot in Salt Lake City for at least one year between 1995 and 2012. A BMI between 18.5 and ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>More female servicemembers reporting sexual abuse - USA Today - USA TODAY

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:18 AM PDT


More female servicemembers reporting sexual abuse - USA Today
USA TODAY
•One in fourservicemembers were using prescription pain medication in 2011. The rate was even higher — 34% — among those troops engaged in heavy combat. • According to the body mass index form of measurement, about half of troops in 2011 were ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>3 unique genes found to influence body size and obesity in people of African ... - EurekAlert (press release)

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:09 AM PDT


3 unique genes found to influence body size and obesity in people of African ...
EurekAlert (press release)
This study, a meta-analysis that examined 3.2 million genetic variants in over 30,000 people with African heritage for links to body-mass index or BMI—by professors Jason Moore, Christopher Amos and Scott Williams—was the largest ever done on this ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Colleges fit ‘fat studies’ into curriculum

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 08:10 PM PDT

By Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Deborah Christel wants the next generation of college students to think outside the box labeled "plus size." The West Virginia University professor will debut a ...

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