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Rural Living Contributes to Rise in Obesity Rates

Rates of obesity worldwide have nearly tripled since 1975, and the prevailing belief is that city living is to blame. But a major study that covers 112 million adults suggests that weight gain in rural areas is responsible for much of this increase.   Members of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration — an international group of health scientists — analyzed over 2,000 studies of how body mass index (BMI) has […]

todayJune 6, 2019

Health & Wellness

William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan Launch “Shout”

William, Kate, Meghan and Harry have backed a new text line to give people suffering from mental illness another way to reach out and get help, called Shout, with almost $4M (in US dollars) from their Royal Foundation.  Shout was researched and developed by the Royal Foundation, a charity the royal couples set up together.  The service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is modeled on […]

todayMay 29, 2019

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