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Blog Entries by Christina Pirello from 11/2009

Children's Health And The Meat Industry

| Posted 11.08.2009 | Healthy Living
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When school began in September, the kids of Baltimore became the first in the country to adopt 'Meatless Mondays, and international program that asks people to cut meat from their diet one day a week.

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It's American Diabetes Month

| Posted 11.09.2009 | Healthy Living
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Type 2 diabetes is such an American epidemic that we can skip giving kids bikes for Christmas and move right to the wheelchairs they'll be needing later in life. Forget the basketballs, baseball gloves and bats.

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Healthy Lifestyles Neglected In Favor Of Pharmaceuticals

| Posted 11.24.2009 | Healthy Living
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With all we know about nutrition's impact on health, to remotely hint that eating a healthy diet and exercising has little if any impact on reducing our risk of disease is irresponsible at best.

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