A fast-food combo meal, plus an extra sandwich and two extra-large sweet teas. That was lunch. “I’d only have that if I skipped breakfast,” Jarrett Spriggs said. ”But dinner was always meat and potatoes, no vegetables, and between meals there were (snacks and sugary drinks) and entire full-size bags of chips.” Add to that a pack-a-day cigarette […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: Extreme Sport for Nerds
Autumn is here! And, once again, way too soon. I just started thinking about the big job of clean-up and already I feel as if I am behind the eight ball. You would think, after twenty years, I wouldn’t be caught short. But, I always am. I always start out with a […]
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Intrepid Urban Farmer: Extreme Sport for Nerds
Autumn is here! And, once again, way too soon. I just started thinking about the big job of clean-up and already I feel as if I am behind the eight ball. You would think, after twenty years, I wouldn’t be caught short. But, I always am. I always start out with a […]
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State Officials: After 4 Children Hospitalized, Stop Drinking Raw Milk
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is warning consumers about the dangers of consuming unpasteurized milk as well as other products that could lead to disease-producing E. coli infection, following a recent outbreak in north central Kentucky and the hospitalization of four children. DPH has been working with local health departments, hospital and the provider […]
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State Officials: After 4 Children Hospitalized, Stop Drinking Raw Milk
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is warning consumers about the dangers of consuming unpasteurized milk as well as other products that could lead to disease-producing E. coli infection, following a recent outbreak in north central Kentucky and the hospitalization of four children. DPH has been working with local health departments, hospital and the provider […]
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State Officials: After 4 Children Hospitalized, Stop Drinking Raw Milk
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is warning consumers about the dangers of consuming unpasteurized milk as well as other products that could lead to disease-producing E. coli infection, following a recent outbreak in north central Kentucky and the hospitalization of four children. DPH has been working with local health departments, hospital and the provider […]
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Call to Action: Fight Childhood Obesity in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is challenging early child care providers, education professionals, parents and health advocates to join them in the fight to end childhood obesity. Specifically targeting the early child care population, the DPH Obesity Prevention Program and the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky have created a call to action focused […]
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Call to Action: Fight Childhood Obesity in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is challenging early child care providers, education professionals, parents and health advocates to join them in the fight to end childhood obesity. Specifically targeting the early child care population, the DPH Obesity Prevention Program and the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky have created a call to action focused […]
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Call to Action: Fight Childhood Obesity in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is challenging early child care providers, education professionals, parents and health advocates to join them in the fight to end childhood obesity. Specifically targeting the early child care population, the DPH Obesity Prevention Program and the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky have created a call to action focused […]
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Fitness & Training Center Opens in Covington
In what at first may just look like an old warehouse, a new cutting-edge training facility has opened in Covington and it has something for every demographic. CoreStrong, on Russell Street, is designed to help anybody become a healthier person. Owner Stephanie Tieman, a Northern Kentucky native and Thomas More College graduate, has worked for […]
