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Eat your vegetables in the New Year
This year’s developments have certainly vindicated those of us who care about our health, our environment and our treatment of animals. In January, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled revamped federal guidelines requiring school cafeterias to...Tags: Vegan Diet, Vegetarian Diet, Diets and Dieting, Michelle Obama, Death
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Mailbag: A little more of both sides is needed
I thought last week's Mailbag very interesting. I loved the thought about bringing back Rockin' Fig and getting information about local surfing. We are "Surf City" after all. I also thought Charles Osterlund's letter was interesting. I do notice the...Tags: Vegan Diet, Vegetarian Diet, Diets and Dieting, Ocean View, Newspaper and Magazine
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Michelle Obama to make 'Tonight Show' appearance
First Lady Michelle Obama continued her two-day fundraising swing through Los Angeles on Monday, heading to "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" a day after she chatted up campaign contributors at the home of rock star Gwen Stefani. Stefani and her fellow...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, The Tonight Show (tv program), 2012 Summer Olympics
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City needs to fix and reopen Verdugo Pool
I am writing to you to express my utter disappointment in the city of Burbank's inability to move forward with reopening the Verdugo pool. I received a chain of emails last summer wherein they said the pool would be ready in the summer of 2012. As of...Tags: Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Mailbag: Writer took quite a leap in bike letter
Regarding Steve Urbanovich's letter ("Streets are made for cars, not bicycles," Sept. 18), finally, someone has the courage and insight to connect the dots between bicycle riders and the tragedy of 9/11. Pack your bags, Mr. Urbanovich. You're going to...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Vehicles, White House, Weight
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Small Wonders: Oil on troubled waters
I've been feeling like one of those oil-covered sea gulls on a beach in Louisiana. Every morning I get up and take a look at the newspaper. I glance at the headline, usually in dismay, then automatically flip to the bottom of the page to see who died....Tags: Disasters, Glenn Beck, Armed Forces, Environmental Pollution, Jose Lima
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What we think: Central Florida needs to break the obesity cycle
Not so long ago, about one in every 10 adult Floridians was obese. Today, if you line up four Floridians, one of them will be obese. The good news? At least we're not Mississippi, where every third person has a body mass index of 30 or higher —...
Tags: Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Eatonville, Maitland, Body Mass Index
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Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'
As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...
Tags: Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sexual Dysfunction, Weight, Genetics
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BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue
Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...
Tags: Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Eating Disorders, Body Mass Index, American Heart Association
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Darrell Steinberg, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Jerry Brown
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May 15, 2013
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