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Health Tips

  • 10 Healthy (and 10 Terrible!) Vending Machine Snacks Pushing the wrong buttons could be a diet disaster! Check out which choices are best.
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  • 6 Tips for Healthier Baking Find out ways to bake your favorites the healthier way!
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  • 7 New Ways to Protect Your Skin from the Sun We know you love to exercise outdoors, and hey, you shouldn't have to hide from the sun. Here's how to keep your skin healthy, radiant, and wrinkle-free when you play outside.
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  • Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack? Some 400,000 women will die from heart disease this year.
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  • How Healthy Are You? 13 Instant, Easy Health Checks Try these 13 quick self-assessments and test yourself for everything from allergies to "toxic" fat.
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  • The 6 Nutrients You Need Most Find out what you can fill your plate with to get the vitamins and minerals you need.
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    • Fitness Tips

  • 8 Ways to Get Your Kids Fit Fit Kids = Fit Adults
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  • Diet & Fitness: Fitness: Walking Buying and Using a Pedometer Gear up to walk the fat off. By Martica Heaner, M.A., M.Ed., for MSN Health & Fitness A pedometer is a useful tool to get a picture of your overall activity level. It tallies the number of steps you take each day. Your daily steps may add up to anywhere between roughly 3,000 to 15,000
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  • Live The Fat Burning Life
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  • Shape Up Your Butt and Thighs If you're looking to have a better looking bottom half, keep reading. WebMD's Fitness Series can help you with everything from what and when to eat to exercise photographs with step-by-step instructions.
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  • The Six Habits for a Six-Pack
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    • Recipes

  • Apple Oat Muffins
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  • Cheddar-Spinach Quesadillas

    A quick and healthy recipe using supermarket and staple ingredients, from Fitness Magazine's 10 Ingredients, 10 Healthy Dishes

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  • Double-Vanilla Meringue Cookies

    From WebMD's Diet & Nutrition Center.

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  • Fruit Soup

    This unique dish from Better Homes and Gardens is delicious for breakfast, lunch, or dessert!

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  • Fruit-Filled Puff Pancakes

    From BHG.com Healthy Breakfasts for Kids.

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  • Grilled Pork and Pineapple

    This simple supper is ready in less than 20 minutes; combine plain yogurt and orange marmalade for a quick and delicious sauce.

    Recipe courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens 20 Minute Summer Suppers.

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  • Hazlenut-Crusted Turkey Breast

    Try this low calorie turkey entre during the holiday season from Better Homes and Gardens.

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  • Minted Fruit Compote

    Recipe courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens.

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  • Sweet Pepper Salsa Fish

    Better Homes and Gardens spices up the health benefits of fish.

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    • Local Resources

  • 25th Anniversary of Blank Children's Hospital Festival of Trees and Lights Join us for the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Trees and Lights, November 26-30, 2008
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  • 6th Annual Big Band Harvest Dance Swing to music from the big band era with the Wailing Big Band!
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  • Cedar Rapids Go Red for Women Luncheon The Go Red For Women Luncheon is designed to create a heart-warming, informative atmosphere to encourage women in Linn County to become champions of their own cardiovascular health.
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  • Dialouge on Diabetes Join us to discuss topics of interest to people affected by diabetes.
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  • Fall Fitness Day October 11, 2008 Blank Park Zoo Des Moines, IA Register Today! Diabetes.org/stepout For more information 888-DIABETES
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  • Healthy Living Challenge Take this 50 Day Healthy Living Challenge!
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  • Jazzercise Personal Touch Training & Stretch Class Sponsored by Grimes Park and Recreation
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  • Live Healthy Iowa Resources Find information on other Web sites here
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  • Quad Cities Go Red for Women Luncheon Join us at the Quad Cities’ 5th annual Go Red For Women Luncheon as we educate area women about their risk factors and empower them to take charge of their own health.
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