No Trans Fats in Foods, Real Food Moves Forward
Health guidance urges avoiding transfatty acids linked to cancer and heart disease. FDA expert cites potential to prevent thousands of heart attacks by removing transfats from margarine and food products. Emphasizes reading nutrition labels for partially hydrogenated oils and choosing fruits vegetables olive oil and whole grains instead. Also provides Mayo Clinic tips for treating minor burns at home.
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Kathleen Koehler
Center For Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Koehler
FDA
Walkable Developments Tackle Obesity Battle
Editor notes a five part series on America's weight crisis. The piece argues that smart growth and walkable new developments aim to curb obesity by encouraging physical activity and reducing car dependence.
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America
Smart growth pushes health link in Cambridge project
Knight Ridder reports new health driven momentum for pedestrian friendly communities. Doctors and scientists join environmentalists in promoting active living to curb obesity and reduce car dependence.
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Southern Village
Chapel Hill
N.C
Hope Miles
Knight Ridder
David Dixon
Cambridge
Mass
Dixon
East Cambridge
America
James Emery
University of North Carolina
School of Public Health
Cedar Rapids mural honors 1920s shoppers at Fourth Ave Walkway
Ames artist Jo Myers Walker created a 6-foot mural depicting 1920s downtown shoppers with period dress and logos like Killian’s and Armstrong’s. The piece, installed June 12, cost 3500 dollars funded by a federal grant with 20 percent local match, will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Tuesday led by Mayor Paul Pate.
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John Kenyon
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Parkades
Fourth Avenue
Second Street
Ames
Jo Myers Walker
Killian’s
Armstrong's
Myers-Walker
Parks
Federal Transit Administration
The
Arts Commission
Iowa State University
College of Art and Design
Five Seasons Transportation & Parking
Jo Myers-Walker
Second Street SE
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