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		<title>Adventures of the Walking School Bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time 12-months ago, in a town called Seattle, WA, there was a group of children who started walking to school together. But this was no ordinary walk to school. These schoolchildren joined forces every morning to create a Walking School Bus, a &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/walking-school-bus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=249&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gallup shows us how Chicago and America feel today</title>
		<link>http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/gallup-tracks-well-being-across-chicago-and-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>healthierchicago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been sending these three links around the office today, and we thought that you all might want to check out these awesome graphs and maps too. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index will collect and measure the &#8220;daily pulse of the nation&#8217;s well-being&#8221; over the &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/gallup-tracks-well-being-across-chicago-and-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=242&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NEHI: Cut costs with prevention campaigns</title>
		<link>http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/nehi-cut-costs-with-prevention-campaigns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>healthierchicago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, research from the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) and the Boston Foundation showed the &#8220;vital importance&#8221; of wellness campaigns. By promoting health, fitness, and wellness, these campaigns would save Massachusetts from its increasing healthcare costs, which stem from preventable chronic diseases. These &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/nehi-cut-costs-with-prevention-campaigns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=238&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of obesity in California nearly doubled in 6 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) released a study on the economic cost of overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity among adults in their state. This study found that, due to health care costs and lost productivity, these costs &#8220;had climbed &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/cost-of-obesity-in-california/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=233&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grocery stores and CSAs on the South Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chi-Town Daily News reported yesterday on the absence of grocery stores in Chicago&#8217;s South Side food deserts, talking about LaDonna Redmond on her new fresh produce store, Graffiti and Grub, and Community Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, in the South Side. &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/grocery-stores-and-csas-on-the-south-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=231&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What am I drinking?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the easiest way to change your diet is through substitution, choosing the healthier of two similar foods or drinks. But&#8211;unless the nutritional values are listed on the menu&#8211;it can be hard to know what&#8217;s healthier without access to a state-of-the-art food testing &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/what-am-i-drinking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=222&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employers fighting obesity can save money and lives</title>
		<link>http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/employers-fighting-obesity-can-save-money-and-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costing $117 billion in 2000, obesity is a problem for America&#8217;s health and America&#8217;s economy. In the rising medical costs between 1987 and 2001, diseases associated with obesity made up 27 percent of the increase. Obese employees cost their employers between 29 percent and 117 percent more in &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/employers-fighting-obesity-can-save-money-and-lives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=218&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>D.I.Y. Dieting</title>
		<link>http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/diy-dieting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times had a report over the weekend on the sliding scale of diet costs. Here&#8217;s their advice on how to lose weight without losing cash: $0.00 D.I.Y. If you’re highly motivated but low on cash, this approach &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/diy-dieting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=210&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BHC Spotlight: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group</title>
		<link>http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/bhc-spotlight-health-and-medicine-policy-research-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>healthierchicago</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BHC is proud to call the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (HMPRG) an essential component within our important initiative. HMPRG has operated for twenty-seven years as an independent, freestanding, non-profit center for health policy formulation, advocacy, and health systems &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/bhc-spotlight-health-and-medicine-policy-research-group/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=111&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get to know your country this 4th of July</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you celebrate the 4th of July this weekend, you may ask yourself, &#8221;How are we doing, as a country? How healthy are we?&#8221; While this may not seem as simple as catching up with friends and family over Independence Day weekend, &#8230; <a href="http://healthierchicago.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/get-to-know-your-country-this-4th-of-july/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthierchicago.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8148447&amp;post=203&amp;subd=healthierchicago&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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