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  my husband did laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and suffer from numbness in the right thigh all the way to the front pelvis he can walk and urinate but he cant feel the skin its very ...

  

  did any get complications after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy ?

  By Anonymous on July 5, 2009 - 4:26am

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  Children's rates of obesity have been increasing in the last 20 years.

  

  How Institutions Can Impact Childhood Obesity

  By Dr. Daemon Jones Expert HERWriter on January 19, 2012 - 10:53am
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  Gaining weight during pregnancy is a given. However, many women tend to go a little overboard when it comes to their prenatal eating habits.

  

  Pregnancy and Nutrition: What to Eat When You’re Expecting

  By Emily Allender Blogger on January 12, 2012 - 4:26pm

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  It’s great you want to lose some extra pounds. Isn’t everyone looking for that quick and easy way to do it? Detox diets and colon cleansing often are used to jump-start a weight loss plan.

  

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  Health Myth: Detoxification Diets and Colon Cleanses are Healthy

  Impacted 1 Lives By Christine Jeffries on March 21, 2011 - 2:28pm

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  Even though the body mass index has been used by the insurance industry and various government agencies since the 1980s, there are still many Americans that don’t know what it is.

  

  Top 5 Free Online BMI Calculators

  By Emily Allender Blogger on January 3, 2012 - 12:34pm

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  Kegel exercises – the ‘secret squeeze’ for women that most don’t do, or don’t do correctly.  In preparing to do pelvic floor muscle work, the first thing women usually ask us is, “What ...

  

  Kegel Rhymes with Bagel

  Impacted 1 Lives By Women's Health Foundation Blogger on December 14, 2011 - 4:58pm

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  First off, I am 38 and my boyfriend is 22. He is an old soul, I am a young one. I am getting ready to move to Seattle to move in with my boyfriend. I am overweight.

  

  my boyfriend says he loves me but says he is not attracted to me because of my weight

  By jemlovestravel on June 14, 2009 - 2:59pm

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  For many years, pediatricians, nutritionists, demographers and experts in all sorts of fields have been concerned about the rising rates of childhood obesity.

  

  Lunchlady Land: Source or Solution of Childhood Obesity? An Editorial

  By Hannah Cutts on May 24, 2011 - 4:03pm

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  This past week I was very lucky to be given the opportunity to attend the Virginia Public Health Association’s Conference on Health Equity.

  

  Health Inequities and Their Systemic Roots

  Impacted 1 Lives By Hannah Cutts on September 29, 2011 - 4:38pm

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  Week 2: One Mom's Journey with the Nike Training Club

  By mariasmith76 HERWriter Blogger on August 9, 2011 - 7:41pm

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