A Texas Department of Agriculture assistant commissioner will be in Granbury July 15 to observe the success of the Healthy Kids summer lunch program. Angela Olige, the assistant commissioner for the department’s food and nutrition programs, will view the program in action as volunteers provide free lunches to area children at locations throughout the community.
A community-based lifestyle intervention program, modeled after one used in a landmark government funded diabetes-prevention study, can help participants in a group setting achieve weight loss and blood glucose reductions comparable to those achieved with individual counseling from health professionals, according to data presented by researchers at the American Diabetes Association’s 70th …
With the high temperatures, what tips do you have other than visiting the gym?
Fourth annual health-informational fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Ivy Tech Community College, 1440 E. 35th Ave., Gary; healthy nutrition information, hypertension and lead screenings, health and social agencies in attendance; Avis Rogers-Dumas, 989-3939. American Red Cross blood drives: 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, St. Matthias Catholic Church Fellowship Hall, 101 Burrell Drive, Crown Point; 9 a.m. to …