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10 Tips to Improve Your Family’s Overall Health
Making healthy, active choices is always easier when you have a strong support system. That’s one of the reasons I launched the first-ever 4-H Healthy Living blog: to create a […]
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Five Tips for Training for Your First 5K
Did you know that over 7.5 million people complete 5K events each year? A 5K event consists of walking, jogging or running 3.1 miles and, as a partner of the […]
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Inclusive PE: What You Need to Know
Is Inclusive Physical Education taught in your child’s school? As a partner of the Together Counts™ program for healthy, active living, we’re here to provide you with helpful information about […]
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Engaging Youth in After-School Programming
The most critical part of a child’s day begins after the final bell rings. Nevertheless, engaging them in physical activity on their own is not always easy. In partnership with […]
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Airplane Noises and Flying Vegetables: How To Sneak In Workouts
I tell people to find their underlying motivation for working out – their “Why.” The Why helps you get through the What – whatever it is you don’t really want […]
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Meal Planning for the “On the Go” Kid
By Sydney Antolini, Camp Shane Georgia Nutrition Instructor When families are on the run, they need something to ‘grab and go,’ or something that is readily available so they can eat quickly and rush off […]
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4 Questions and Answers about Protein
All calories come from four places in our diets: carbohydrates, fat, protein and alcohol. In the 1990s, low-fat diets and foods were everywhere you turned and, more recently, carbs have […]
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15 Ideas to Help Your Family “Put Your Best Fork Forward”
Today’s world is very tuned into food. With cooking shows on TV at all hours of day and night, restaurants serving just about any kind of food you can think […]
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How to Encourage Girls to Go After Their Dreams
We all want the girls in our lives to go after their dreams, but the media, our celebrity culture and social media can send mixed messages that affect their confidence. […]
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Getting Prepared for the Special Olympics with Alpine Skier Jennifer Troutman
On March 18, 2017, more than 2,500 athletes from 107 countries will gather in Austria for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games. For the next […]
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