Local programs fight to educated citizens and provide them with access to fresh food and exercise.
obesity
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“If you get back to the roots of the whys and starting small and backing yourself up a little bit and slowing yourself down, we’ve found that that’s where you find the greatest success.”
“If you get back to the roots of the whys and starting small and backing yourself up a little bit and slowing yourself down, we’ve found that that’s where you find the greatest success.”
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Health Department offers programs, support to help 2016 be healthier year
One in three Oklahoma youths is either overweight or obese, Friedl said.
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Cover Story: Diet, not lack of exercise, is behind Oklahoma’s ballooning waistlines
Chairs are killing you.
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Dissenter sandman
Unfortunately, for many Oklahomans, it happens all the time. Oklahoma ranks No. 2 nationally in sleep disturbances and disorders, just beating out West Virginia, according to a recent study by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. This is […]
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Disorderlies
While most of it is my fault, I like to take comfort in the idea that I was doomed from the get-go: • Blame a Depression-era father who forced me to clean my plate through shame and guilt.• Blame a public school free-lunch system that taught gravy as a food group.• Blame cable television for being so […]
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Out of shape
Credit: Brad Gregg According to the American Fitness Index compiled by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), OKC is the least fit city in the U.S. The. Least. Fit. According to the annual survey, Minneapolis is the healthiest city, based on the overall general wellness of its people and a wealth of other factors, […]
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Schools and after-school exercise
However, schools across Oklahoma — fearful of costly lawsuits and damage to property and the potential drain this could have to already strained budgets — have begun to lock their doors and turn out their lights after school ends each day. It’s our schoolchildren and our future that suffer because of this. Nearly 50 percent […]
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Wizard of health
Steve Leim works on the fruit bar at ASTEC. Credit: Mark Hancock Oz started the HealthCorps program in 2002 to help empower kids to make healthier lifestyle choices. The two-year program involves in-school placement of a peer-mentor coordinator who focuses part of the curriculum on nutrition, fitness, and mental resilience. ASTEC is the first in […]
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State of health
Perhaps not coincidentally, it is among the bottom tier of states for health coverage. Families USA, a health care consumer advocacy group, lists Oklahoma as among the top 10 states “dying for health coverage.” According to Gallup, about 22 percent of all Oklahomans are uninsured, making it the 47th worst state in the nation, in […]