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Are Americans Eating Better?

Are Americans Eating Better?
Yes, but … We have a long, long way to go Two recent studies suggest that we Americans eat better today than we did 20 years ago. Researchers at Harvard used data from a nationally representative sample of 43,996 American adult participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2016. The…
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Time Out

Hiking the Continental Divide Trail Not sure when my blog posts will resume I'm heading north on the Continental Divide Trail from Silverthorne, Colorado. If all goes well (meaning no serious injuries or pressing reasons to return home), I'll finish my 1,600-mile long adventure at the Canadian border in Glacier National Park in late September.…
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Turn Back the Clock

Healthy choices lower your risk of cardiovascular disease Baby boomers aren’t making enough healthy choices It makes sense that people who adopt healthy lifestyle habits earlier in life would improve their health and well-being. But do people who adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors later in life benefit as well? Researchers from the University of South Carolina…
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Reduce Your Risk of Falling

Falling can break your hip Half of 80 year old people who break a hip die within a year Multicomponent physical training—including muscle power, balance, and gait—can reduce risk of falls for older people and increase their Quality of Lifespan. But would training benefit the oldest old? A randomized controlled trial examined the effects of…
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