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Treat Your Family Well – Eating Out for Better Health
The New Year is here and, chances are, it was ushered in with lists of resolutions. If your family’s New Year’s resolutions include health and nutrition-related goals, eating out at […]
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Staying Active during the Winter
By Brian Godfrey, Physical Education Teacher, Richmond Elementary School, Richmond, VT Living in Vermont where it’s cold and snowy for up to six months of the year, it’s important to […]
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8 Ways to Improve Your Health Right Now
When January 1 rolls around, we are often more determined than ever to get fit and feel great. Research shows that only 8 percent of us actually achieve New Year’s resolutions, however. […]
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Keep Kids Active With These Healthy Gift Ideas
It’s no secret that your children are likely to become less active throughout the winter months. The end of October to the beginning of the New Year oftentimes can mean […]
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Can a Healthier Lifestyle Promote Good Character in Kids?
The early years make up an important developmental phase in any person’s life. Up to the age of 18, we’re constantly learning new habits, information and behaviors – while establishing […]
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Four Steps for a Healthy and Happier Home
According to the American Heart Association, one in three American children are overweight. Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared childhood obesity among the top health crises in […]
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Finding Balance for the Holidays
By Katie Workman The holidays come rushing up on all of us every year, seemingly more abruptly than the year before. And while we all want to celebrate, eat, drink […]
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How Parents Influence Healthy Habits
According to researchers at Duke Medicine, moms that encourage their children to exercise and eat well, and model healthy habits themselves, are more likely to raise active and healthy eaters. […]
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Why I Enjoy Being a Common Threads Chef Instructor
Cindy Vanina, Common Threads Chef Instructor, cooks with students from Shoesmith Elementary School. I never tire of watching the kids working away at their dishes and then seeing their smiles […]
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Athlete Leader in Health
I have always been involved in some type of sport or exercise, but it became a passion my senior year of high school when my neighbor talked with me about […]
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