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News Articles: Fitness & Nutrition

The White House is proposing pilot programs for Medicare to cover medically tailored meals — like the ones in this file photo — as well as nutrition and obesity counselling.

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  • Politics

Why the White House wants to put nutrition labels on the front of food packages

The Biden administration unveiled its plan to end hunger and diet-related diseases in eight years — 40 pages of ideas to make nutritious food easier to get in America.

September 27, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden pack food boxes while volunteering on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Jan. 16, 2022.

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  • Politics

Here's what will happen at the first White House hunger summit since 1969

The Biden administration wants to end hunger in the U.S. in eight years. At a conference on Sept. 28, the White House will unveil its plan.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Simply improving our breathing can significantly lower high blood pressure at any age. Recent research finds that just five to 10 minutes daily of exercises that strengthen the diaphragm and certain other muscles does the trick.

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  • Health

Daily 'breath training' can work as well as medicine to reduce high blood pressure

Research finds five to 10 minutes daily of a type of strength training for muscles used in breathing can help anyone reduce or prevent high blood pressure. The training can also help elite athletes.

September 21, 2022
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
A third-grader punches in her student identification to pay for a meal at Gonzales Community School in Santa Fe, N.M. During the pandemic, schools were able to offer free school meals to all children regardless of need. Now advocates want to make that policy permanent.

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  • Health

Hunger advocates want free school meals for all kids. It's tough sell in Congress

The idea is simple: Pay for every child's meal and reach the kids who might go hungry because of missed paperwork or stigma. Here's how advocates are pushing to keep the idea on the national agenda.

September 07, 2022
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  • Bridget Huber
GPB News NPR

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

Life Kit: How to 'futureproof' your body and relieve pain

With so much wear and tear on our bodies, a little prevention goes a long way towards preventing injuries. Life Kit presents tips on improving our posture, with stretches from a physical therapist.

September 03, 2022
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  • Frank Festa
Augustin Laborde, owner of Le Paon Qui Boit, at his shop in Paris on Aug. 26.

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  • World

A Paris shop gets in on the non-alcoholic wine trend. Will the French drink it?

French producers are making zero-proof wines now, and a new store in the capital wants to get in on the action. But market analysts say the drink has been slower to catch on in France than in the U.S.

September 03, 2022
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  • Rebecca Rosman
The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health - but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat.

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  • Health

The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier

The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.

August 31, 2022
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  • Allison Aubrey
Air Force service members run a timed 1.5 miles during their annual physical fitness test at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois in June. The U.S. Space Force intends to do away with once-a-year assessments in favor of wearable technology.

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

The Space Force is scrapping the annual fitness test in favor of wearable trackers

The new approach aims to promote overall fitness instead of focusing on specific exercises, and the devices will also give Guardians feedback about mental health, balanced eating and sleep.

August 03, 2022
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  • Eric Schmid
Brit Oliphant connected with her fourth-grade student, Seth Snyder through skateboarding. Brit was shocked to find out Seth was so passionate about skating but didn't have a skateboard of his own. She started an organization, Boards 4 Buddies, to change that.

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  • Family

A teacher in Hawaii is rehoming surfboards and skateboards to underprivileged kids

A schoolteacher in Hawaii connected with a student through skateboarding, only to find out he couldn't afford a board of his own. She started a grassroots organization to fix that.

June 21, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
This hybrid bull, which lives on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Mo., will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the magic number for the best beefalo meat.

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future

Supporters cite the beefalo's hardiness, ease of breeding and the leaner, protein-rich healthier meat, but others say the costly crossbreed weakens the genetic line of the bison.

June 08, 2022
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  • Jonathan Ahl
The baby-formula shortage has led some to question why the U.S. doesn't provide more support for breastfeeding. Here, a woman breastfeeds her son outside New York City Hall during a 2014 rally to support breastfeeding in public.

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  • Children's Health

The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

May 30, 2022
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  • Scott Horsley
A cyclist pauses outside the site of the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. With the Tops store closed for the foreseeable future, the community around it has been left without easy access to healthy and affordable food.

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  • Health

The Buffalo shooting is a reminder that millions don't live near a grocery store

Grocery stores provide healthy foods, create jobs and offer a place for community connection. "We started calling them front-line and essential workers for a reason," says one food access advocate.

May 25, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A woman shops for baby formula in Annapolis, Md., on May 16. Only a handful of companies supply baby formula in the country, a factor that has contributed to the current shortages being experienced in parts of the country.

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  • Business

How the U.S. got into this baby formula mess

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.

May 19, 2022
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  • Scott Horsley
Baby formula has been in short supply in many stores around the U.S. for several months.

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  • Health

FDA announces plans to ease the shortage of baby formula

Abbott, one of the largest formula-makers in the U.S., has reached an agreement with the government to bring a closed factory back on line. And the FDA is easing some restrictions on imported formula.

May 16, 2022
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  • Jane Greenhalgh
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Global finance meeting focuses on war-driven food insecurity

Russia and Ukraine produce roughly 14% of the world's wheat supply, according to the United Nations, and the war has resulted in soaring food prices and fears about food security globally.

April 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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