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  • Cure Acne Scars Fast

    Cure Acne Scars Fast

    Acne is a skin disease where the sebaceous glands in the skin become infected due to clogging because of oil and bacteria causing inflammation. It often causes pimples on the face, neck and back which is common during adolescence and affects adults. In addition, scarring […]

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  • Symptoms of Back Pain

    Symptoms of Back Pain

    The symptoms of back pain are the pains itself. It is very hard to understand the symptoms because pain alone is a symptom that indicates damage in the spine or there is an impending disease that only the doctor can diagnose. As much as the […]

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  • Simple Ways For Arthritis Pain Relief

    Simple Ways For Arthritis Pain Relief

    Arthritis is a painful and sometimes debilitating disease, that does not have a cure. Many people go through their daily lives receiving little or no relief for their arthritis pain. Even though there are prescription medications on the market to help reduce the inflammation that […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 3

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 3

    Over the course of the observation period, objective monitoring was conducted on seven occasions at each troop meeting site. At the beginning of each meeting, a research assistant used an adjustable elastic belt to place an ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer-based physical activity monitor (Shalimar, FL), on […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 2

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 2

    The Girl Scouts of the USA offers one type of after-school program that could provide a unique setting to address girls’ physical activity in the absence of boys. Girl Scouts of America is organization dedicated solely to girls, and there are currently approximately 3.7 million […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 1

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 1

    A large portion of a child or adolescent’s day is typically spent in school, where physical education (PE) and recess periods provide some opportunities for children to participate in physical activity. Nationwide, only 53.6% of youth went to physical education classes on one or more […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Introduction

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Introduction

    Sedentary behavior, including seated television viewing, computer use, and video games (collectively screen time) may be contributing to overweight and obesity (collectively overweight) in comparison to non-sedentary activities (Epstein et al., 2001). Child and adolescent television viewing has been found to be associated with overweight, […]

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  • The Rising Risk of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes

    The Rising Risk of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes

    A disturbing trend is hitting the diabetes world; it’s the fact that more and more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The increase of Type 2 diabetes in children and teens is partially due to the fact it is being diagnosed more readily, […]

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