It happens every year. The Halloween candy is just the teaser, but the Thanksgiving meal seems to be the time when the diet and exercise programs and for that matter most of our healthy habits are lost. What can we do?

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We’d like to believe it.  We’d like to think our kids will come to us when they are in over their heads. But very often they don’t.  Why should we really care? A recent case of a 12 year old boy in Alabama who comitted suicide because he was being bullied.  His parents would have given anything for their son to come talk to them…. Over done?  Their your children… Think about it…. 

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DID YOU KNOW THAT 21 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT’S JUST OVER 44 MILLION PEOPLE PROVIDE CARE FOR SOMEONE OVER THE AGE OF 18.

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Halloween is a great time for the kids, but it can be a very tough time if you are trying to stick with a diet or trying to keep your kids eating healthy. With candy everywhere. Sticking with a healthy diet can be next to impossible. So what can we do? Does anyone have the willpower to resist all that candy?

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With the growing obesity epidemic, Americans are searching for ways to successfully lose weight. But research shows that keeping a food diary may help you lose as much as twice the amount of weight. Is it a new magic pill? Well, it’s really an old magic pill.

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Communication is the key to any good relationship. But so often in relationships it seems like men and women speak different languages. We all have this perception that men and women are so very different in everything they think and do.

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Did you know that about one in four adults suffers from a mental illness in any given year?  In fact in any given year, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness. Major depression is as debilitating as having diabetes, heart disease or congestive heart failure. And sadly, most people with a depressive illness do not seek treatment.

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Having a network of friends who we can count on is comforting, and it may actually help make us healthier. There are numerous physical and emotional health benefits of a strong social support network.

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Ok- how many times and how many ways to do we need to hear it?  As a nation we are fat, sedentary, and dying of illnesses that are in many cases the direct the result of our lifestyles.. We simply don’t need to have yet another study demonstrating that exercise is good for us.  We simply need to get off of our rears and exercise!!   September 20-27th is America on the Move week.. If you want some simple ways to get moving visit the America on the Move Foundation.  If you want to check out a video on how to get moving click here.

UAB has a very detailed page with video tips and the latest information on swine flu.  Click here to get up to date…