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Being active has many health benefits

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University of Missouri
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Melissa Bess, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Camden County, University of Missouri Extension

Being physically active is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Here are some benefits you get from being physically active and exercising:

  1. Physical activity and exercise helps prevent obesity and reduces your risk for cancer. Many research studies have shown promising results indicating that physical activity helps protect against colon cancer and breast cancer.
  2. Insulin sensitivity is increased by physical activity like aerobic exercise and strength training. After carbohydrates are digested, they are broken down and moved into the bloodstream as blood glucose or blood sugar. Insulin is a hormone that unlocks the cells of the body so they can take up the glucose for energy from the bloodstream. As we age or become overweight, our bodies don’t respond as well to insulin. Insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes if blood sugar levels continue to rise.
  3. Resistance or weight training helps build muscle. When done three times a week, strength training improves strength and muscle mass in people of all ages. You should perform one or two sets of eight to 12 repetitions for all the major muscles of the body.
  4. Exercise helps with stress management — this may be because of neurotransmitters that are stimulated during physical activity. Anyone who exercises regularly can expect to feel less anxious, more relaxed, have better self-image and may eat healthier.

And the list goes on! To see the complete list and learn about additional health benefits, check out the full version of this article at http://missourifamilies.org/features/healtharticles/health100.htm

Encourage kids to give back this Halloween

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halloween(Family Features) As they gear up for Halloween this year, kids across the United States can make a difference in the lives of kids around the world by raising funds for those in need.

 

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, a 64-year-old American tradition, is a program that provides donations of medicine, nutrition, clean water, emergency relief and education to children around the world. Below are some of the ways families can get involved.

 

Donations go digital

In addition to going door-to-door with traditional orange boxes to collect coins for UNICEF, for the first time kids and parents can now set up individual fundraising pages on Crowdrise for their friends and family members to donate. Participants also can turn their Halloween parties into Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraisers by creating a donation page and including a link to it in their party invitation. To get started, visit www.trickortreatforunicef.org.

 

School challenge

The campaign relies not only on children and parents, but also on educators to teach their students the value of helping kids in need. This year K-8 teachers can participate through the second annual Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF School Challenge. The competition will provide 15 grand prize winning teachers with technology grants.

 

All entrants will be asked to describe how they will teach their classrooms about issues facing children globally and the importance of giving back. Competition details and this year’s lesson plans can be found at www.trickortreatforunicef.org.

 

In addition, this year’s Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Teachers’ Guides can be used to introduce students to UNICEF’s lifesaving work and a variety of issues affecting the health and well-being of children around the world through readings, photos, videos, music, maps and games.

 

Additional support

Another way families can participate in this year’s campaign is through partners and supporters, including HSN, Inc., Key Club International, Coinstar, Inc. and BuyCostumes.com.

 

Interactive multichannel retailer HSN, Inc. is returning this Halloween as a proud national sponsor of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Throughout September and October, HSNi Cares will raise funds through brands Chasing Fireflies, Grandin Road, HSN and TravelSmith, and customers can support Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF by making a donation online or over the phone when placing their orders. From Sept. 1 to Oct. 15, HSN will match all customer donations to support Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on the HSN credit card up to $125,000. HSN will also launch a special edition of “UNICHEF: Top Chefs Unite in Support of the World’s Children,” a cookbook featuring 40 world-class chefs assembled by Hilary Gumbel.

 

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF – the original Kids Helping Kids campaign – is one of the longest-running youth volunteer initiatives in America. To learn more or participate, visit www.trickortreatforunicef.org.

Source: UNICEF

HungerU coming to UNL Oct. 16-17 to educate students on world hunger

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University of Nebraska
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Tony Webster

NCOLN, Neb. — University of Nebraska-Lincoln students soon will have an opportunity to learn about one of the most pressing global challenges their generation will be charged with solving – world hunger – as the HungerU® Tour comes to campus.

 

Hunger and malnutrition are responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other cause. Even in the U.S., one in six Americans goes to bed hungry at night. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to top 9 billion.

 

The HungerU® Tour is coming to UNL Oct. 16-17 to encourage conversation about how tomorrow’s leaders can join the fight to end world hunger. The interactive, mobile exhibit will be at the East Campus, first turnaround in the East Campus Mall Loop on Oct. 16, and at the City Campus at the Nebraska City Union Plaza Oct. 17.

 

The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days to encourage students to learn about the global hunger challenge and solutions for feeding the world. By building awareness of the hunger issue and the critical role modern agriculture plays by putting food on our tables, HungerU will engage students in the ongoing hunger crisis and encourage them to take action in their communities to meet the growing demand for safe, nutritious and affordable food.

 

“In the next 50 years, we will need to produce more food than over the past 10,000 years combined, with fewer resources than before,” said Margie Alsbrook, director of operations for the nonprofit Farm Journal Foundation and HungerU. “HungerU is about creating a greater understanding for agriculture and the food system, and more open conversations about how to alleviate the growing hunger crisis.”

 

The HungerU Fall 2014 Tour kicked off at the University of Utah and will continue to five states over the next two months. To date, the exhibit has been to 62 universities throughout the United States.

 

To learn more about the growing hunger issue and the platform to make a difference, visit www.HungerU.com and take the HungerU Challenge. Or become part of the discussion today at #HungerCantWait.

 

HungerU® is a special project of the Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World effort made possible by support from the foundation’s sponsors including DuPont. HungerU enlists students to join in the conversation about global hunger issues and the critical role of modern agriculture. The HungerU Tour travels to university campuses, engaging students in the ongoing hunger crisis and empowering them to take action in their communities. For more information, please visit www.HungerU.com.

Barton women’s soccer surrenders four unanswered in loss at No. 15 Butler

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Despite an early lead Sunday in El Dorado, the Barton Community College women’s soccer couldn’t contain No. 15 ranked Butler Community College in falling 4-1 at the BG Products Sports Complex.  The fifth straight loss to the Grizzlies drops Barton below the .500 mark in conference play at 3-4-1 and 6-6-2 overall while Butler keeps chase in the conference race at 6-0-1 and 9-3-3 overall.

Taking advantage of a Grizzly defense miscue, Aliya Marshall was able to steal and convert a one-on-one situation against the keeper to give Barton the 1-0 lead just 2:36 into the contest.

Butler got the equalizer with 21:41 remaining when Kileigh Vann put a header to the back of the net converting the Kelly Sutton corner kick.  As Barton began to lose execution, the Grizzlies step up the offensive pressure and six minutes later, Dalia Fernandez took a Rosa Urista-Chico pass just inside the 18′ to blast to the far post past the diving Barton goalkeeper Maria-Elena Garcia.

The Grizzlies wasted little time increasing the lead out to two as Jaclyn Means stuck back a Brittney Lawrence shot on goal just 3:16 into the second half.  Any dashes of hope of a Barton comeback were sorely diminished as the Cougars were whistled for a handball just inside the penalty box area with 29:50 remaining.  Butler’s Paige Thompson stepped up to drill the penalty kick and give the Grizzlies its final 4-1 margin victory.

Having only three remaining games in the regular season, Barton will play it final home game this Thursday in a 3:00 p.m. Jayhawk matchup against Garden City Community College.  As the Cougars are tied for sixth in the standings, the Broncbusters (2-6-0 conference, 6-7-1 overall) are fighting for a playoff position.   Barton will then conclude the regular season at Neosho County Community College (October 19) and at Pratt Community College (October 28).

Chronicles of The Farm Woman: School Photographer

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The high school lad came to school decked out in his Sunday best.  In a town high school this would be no uncommon sight.  But in a small rural high school where clean overalls and print dresses are accepted wear.  It was unusual to see a boy all dressed up.  Upon seeing him someone recalled that this was the day the itinerant photographer was expected.  Johnny was dressed up to have his picture taken.  It was an event in his young life.  He was going to send the picture to his big brother in the far Pacific, that big brother who had teased and tormented him but who had always been his pattern.

Few of the students had remembered the day.

Immediately the girls began to primp and add more lipstick and the boys to comb their hair.

The picture man did not come on the appointed day or the next.  He did call and say he would be there late in the week.  The lad continued to wear his white shirt and tie and suit.  He wanted to be ready when the man came. Then  came the great day.  The photo-grapher arrived with all his paraphernalia and his line of chatter.  Was there ever an itinerant photographer who did not have an incessant flow of patter? It is part of the stock in trade no doubt.  He lined up all the eager customers along the schoolhouse wall and snapped them in quick succession.  Girls did not have nearly enough time to primp.

Soon the man was on his way again with the promise that the pictures would be delivered in a few days.  When the pictures came Johnny’s was the best of the lot.  Today that picture is winging its way via air mail to an outpost somewhere in the Pacific.  Big brother will be amazed o see how the stripling has grown and changed in the two years since he last saw him.  This picture that little brother waited so many days to have taken probably will go up alongside the favorite pinup girl or in his billfold with pictures of his best girl and his mother.

Now little brother is wondering how long it will take to get an answer, that the picture really arrived.

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