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Help Your Child To Avoid Obesity

Weight Loss /

Schools in the UK have launched their own campaign to help combat the growing problem of childhood obesity by enacting a policy to both weigh and measure all students between the ages of 4 and 5 at the beginning of primary school and then again when they move on to secondary school at around 10 and 11 years of age. Schools in the US already have such a policy in place to weigh and measure students at this crucial age, but is it really making a difference?

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Ways To Keep Eczema Under Control

Skin Care /

Many people worldwide suffer from eczema without being able to cure the condition for good. The symptoms generally include itching and burning, skin redness, dryness and inflammation. If it is not hereditary, the real cause of eczema would remain a mystery, as doctors cannot tell what exactly triggers it. Aggravating factors can nevertheless be identified. Doctors cure eczema by actually acting against the over-active response of the immune system to an irritant element in the environment or to a bacterium on the skin.

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