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WSU Professor researches the importance of recess in public schools
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Wichita State University physical education professor Rick Pappas is providing research to Kansas public schools on the importance of recess as a scheduled part...
Do you need to detox your body?
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Holly Jay, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Cass County, University of Missouri Extension
A deep body cleanse sounds healthy but, according to Tufts University, you...
Managing stress as you grow older
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As you grow older or approach retirement, you may have plans for travel, hobbies, economic comfort and time with friends and family. However, things...
Advance health care directives important to all adults
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As a cognitively healthy adult, you have the right to be informed about the state of your health and make your own decisions about...
Sleep – Are you getting enough?
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Jinny Hopp, former Human Development Specialist, Jasper County, University of Missouri Extension
Research in the area of sleep has determined that as many as two-thirds...
Insomnia remains the most common sleep disorder
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There are a wide variety of sleep disorders that impact people of all different shapes and sizes according to Renette Wardlow, a human development...
Kansas State University named new regional center for food safety training
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Kansas State University will join with Iowa State University as it becomes a regional center for food safety in an effort to help businesses...
Feeling older increases risk of hospitalization
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Disease, depression could help explain association
WASHINGTON -- People who feel older than their peers are more likely to be hospitalized as they age, regardless...
Treating Your Body Like a Computer
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By Susan Jackson, County Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Science
In America most people are running at a fast pace. They are trying to participate...
Dietary Guidelines 2015-2020
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Leslie Bertsch, MS, MPH, RD, LD, Nutrition & Health Education Specialist, St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension
Every five years the U.S. Departments of Agriculture...