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Michelle Obama Fights ‘Food Deserts’…With Walmart

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You might expect an initiative to increase access to fresh food in poor communities to be welcome. But Michelle Obamas new plan to bring more supermarkets to so-called ‘food deserts’ is raising controversy. Its not what she’s doing thats raising issues, but who she’s doing it with: Walmart.

In conjunction with the First Lady’s efforts, Walmart will open stores in 275-300 new locations over the next five years in food deserts across the U.S., the Washington Post reports. It’s part

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July 23, 2011 · Tagged with Michelle Obama, ‘food

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Does Fair Trade Mean Organic and Vice Versa?

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We hear these words all the time and by now, you’re surely familiar with the term organic and likely familiar with the term Fair Trade certified as well. But does Fair Trade mean that the product was grown organically and does organic mean that those that produced your foods were treated fairly? Not necessarily.

These labels both make us think that we’re making conscious choices. And we are, but at the same time they are not interchangeable terms.The organic label certifies how food is grown; it does not denote fair labor practices.

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July 23, 2011 · Tagged with Fair Trade, Fair Trade Mean, Organic, Trade Mean

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Epidemic of Obesity in U.S. Kids Began in Late ’90s

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The epidemic of excess weight gain and obesity among young Americans began about 15 years ago, a new study finds.

“Our research documents the emergence of the obesity epidemic among adolescents in the later half of the 1990s, and among young adults in 2000,” said Hedwig Lee, who led the study while at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is now an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

“The jury is still out about all the possible causes for the increasing weight gain among adolescents . . . as well as for the entire population,” said Lee.

However, she cited a number of possible factors, including a rise in time spent in front of computer or TV screens and longer time spent in post-secondary education, “transitioning” to adulthood.

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July 22, 2011 · Tagged with Began, Began Late

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Motivational Mantra: Playwright Melanie Jones Sees Running As Art

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I was on the road running for hours at a time, and in my head, I noticed all the human emotions you could possibly imagine: rage, bliss, peace, despair. As an artist, that’s incredibly rich dramatic ground to draw from.

—Melanie Jones, playwright—whose new show, Endure , allows viewers to move while experiencing art—audiences take a 3-miles group walk, jog or run while listening to its female narrator unfold the story via audio track—as told to Fitness Magazine.

July 21, 2011 · Tagged with Art, Running Art

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Proven: Coffee Reduces Risk of Prostate Cancer in a BIG Way

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Ive explored the pros and cons of coffee in depth. Its a sticky issue because a study comes out one week that points to coffee as a wonder drug and in the next week, were reminded of its dangers. Your Health on Coffee: 7 Facts To Change Your Perception, explores my research on the subject. But recently, a new study at Harvard and reported in The New York Times, found that coffee reduces your chances of prostate cancer by a large margin.

According to The New York Times:

Harvard scientists followed 47,911 men who periodically described their coffee intake.

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July 21, 2011 · Tagged with Coffee, Coffee Reduces

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