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For hiking, paddling and natural beauty: the Davis Refuge

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By Tom Meade    Email

The Hunt River in North Kingstown: a scenic spot for family hiking and paddling Just feet away from one of the busiest highways in southern Rhode Island, the Hunt River meanders through a picturesque marsh filled with wildlife and......

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 Tags  hiking   kayaking   North Kingstown   RI   South County  

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Almost 'biggest loser' visits Tiverton school / photo

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Rudy Pauls holds his "Biggest Loser" shirt with Tiverton Middle School fifth-grade students Elias Skrops and Christopher Sylvia. TIVERTON, R.I. -- Rudy Pauls, second-place finisher in the last season of "The Biggest Loser,"......

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 Tags  Biggest Loser   Rudy Pauls   Tiverton RI  

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Exercise holds osteopenia, a pre-cursor to osteoporosis, at bay

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

We've all heard of osteoporosis -- the loss of bone density that can lead to hip fractures and other health issues, but I hadn't yet learned of osteopenia -- until a friend of mine starting asking questions about it. KRT......

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 Tags  bone density   osteopenia   osteoporosis   weight lifting  

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Second-biggest eating day of the year? Super Sunday

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Gatorade scientist Melissa Tippet helps New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning into a BodPod for a body composition analysis at the Gatorade Performance Lab set up on the Super Bowl site in Miami. If you're a football fan, you......

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 Tags  BMI   eating   football   Super Bowl  

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Shape Up RI launches another season Saturday

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By Tom Meade    Email

Shape Up RI launches its spring 2010 campaign Saturday at Rhode Island College. The program has helped 35,000 participants to shed thousands of pounds and to adopt a healthy way of living, according to Rajiv Kumar, Shape Up RI's......

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 Tags  exercise   Shape Up RI   walking   weigh loss  

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Ten easy steps to heart health

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By Tom Meade    Email

Healthbeat, the e-newsletter from Harvard Medical School, offers ten really easy steps to protect your heart: 1. Take a 10-minute walk. If you don't exercise at all, a brief walk is a great way to start. If you do, it's......

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 Tags  breakfast   breath   exercise   heart health   nutrition  

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Alternatives to sit-ups pushed by back expert, others

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

In this AP photo from 2006, Richard Galentino demonstrates the "bird dog" at a yoga class at the Winter Park YMCA in Winter Park, Florida. Back pain is a problem that plagues many people. And there is a growing......

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 Tags  back pain   core exercises   New York Times   sit-ups   Stuart McGill  

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