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New Report Examines Healthy Eating Among Older Americans. Data show less than 1/3 meet recommendations for five main food groups...more | |
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63 Million U.S. Adults Mostly or Only Use Wireless Phones. New data for July-Dec 2007 show one in six homes have wireless-only phones...more | |
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Lack of Sleep Linked With Adverse Health Behaviors. Adults who sleep less than 6 hours are more likely to smoke, drink, or be obese...more | |
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Adults With Major Hearing Problems More Likely To Smoke. Forty percent aged 18-44 years who are deaf or have major hearing problems smoke...more | |
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Breastfeeding in the U.S. at an All-Time High. Seventy-seven percent of infants born in 2005-2006 were breastfed...more |
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