Tag Archive: children

Study says odds of obesity stacked against minority children even before birth

New research suggests that even before they’re born, minority children face many obesity risks. One study concluded that cultural customs, beliefs and family income are all factors which contribute to obesity. The other study showed that obese children exhibit signs of inflammation at a very young age.The two studies were published in the Journal [...]

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Doubts and Thanksgiving

There are things that accompany me throughout the day. They’re as annoying as the little flies during the summer months in southern Alabama. Or the twenty minute long commercials that keep interrupting the last three seconds of the Office.
Unfortunately the doubts are in my head, so I can’t squish them like blood sucking [...]

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Anita Tedaldi, why I write

I write because
it’s a connection with worlds, people
at times I make you angry
or maybe I make you smile
Some days
it fills the space between us
or it makes that distance even more impossible to bridge
but on occasions our words are exactly what we mean

Writing
it comes from my heart
sometimes it’s raw
sometimes it’s funny
it may be flat
it [...]

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