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Health News: More Americans Are Going Deaf; Exercise Each Day Can Keep The Fat Away…Permanently; Will Michelle Obama’s Image Help/Hurt Young Black Girls?
July 29th, 2008More Americans are going deaf
One of three U.S. adults already suffers from some degree of hearing loss, experts said on Monday. The use of personal stereos and an aging population may create a hearing impairment epidemic, a new study shows. A team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore estimated that 55 million Americans have hearing loss in one or both ears, with men, Whites and the least-educated most affected, the researchers said. One out of six – or 29 million adults – has some trouble discerning speech, more than previous estimates, they reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “The prevalence of hearing loss in the United States is predicted to rise significantly because of an aging population and the growing use of personal listening devices. Indeed, there is concern that we may be facing an epidemic of hearing impairment,” Dr. Yuri Agrawal of the Baltimore hospital wrote. It is normal for people to ignore or disavow hearing loss, the researchers said, leading to difficulty communicating that can result in productivity problems at work, depression, and less access to health care that ultimately raises the risk of sickness and death. Hearing loss affected 8.5 percent of those in their 20s and 17 percent of people in their 30s. Exposure to workplace noise, firearms and loud music were all risk factors.
You need 55 minutes a day to lose weight permanently
Obese and overweight women need to cut calories and exercise 275 minutes a week more than their baseline physical activity – or at least 55 minutes a day, five days a week to lose weight and keep it off , a new study says. The research was led by John M. Jakicic, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues. They tracked 201 overweight and obese women over a two-year period; 170 women completed the study. At the start, all of the participants were sedentary. They were randomly assigned to one of four groups based on how much and how intensely they exercised and how many calories they burned. The participants were told to eat or drink no more than 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. Researchers tracked them by talking to them on the phone and having face-to-face talks. Participants were encouraged to spread the exercise out over five days during a week, done in at least 10-minute chunks. The women were given treadmills to use at home and taught to monitor their own heart rates. At the end of the two-year study, women who had lost 10 percent or more of their initial body weight reported that they had done more physical activity, compared with those who did not lose as much weight. After six months, women in all four groups had lost an average of 8 percent to 10 percent of their initial body weight. But the hard part was keeping that weight off. Most of them regained the weight. Nearly 25 percent of the participants managed to keep 10 percent or more of their original body weight off over the two years. Those women exercised about 275 minutes a week more over their baseline activity levels.
Will Michelle Obama’s image help young Black girls?
Vital Signs: She’s been called unamerican, an “angry Black woman,” the “b” word and worse. But is the criticism of Michelle Obama, whose worked to soften her image, hurt or help how young girls see themselves and what they can accomplish? Read more at Vital Signs.
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Michele can only be a good role model for young black women. Not concerning her weight, but her real and positive attitude about the whole campaign. Her attention and care of her children and husband are singularly important. However, she is a person in and of herself.
To me, she is a great role model!
OK….. Now I got it for so many years I did not know why Government did not help us in time of need. All those old ass hair sticking out the Ears ,Red Neck somes of the Devil was Deaf! Thank B.E.T… I will allways look at them Devils in a diffrent way.
Theese days the only work out I get is chasing Women, and when I catch one the work out really starts . Trying to keep my money in my pocket, but you know how it goes ” you got to pay to play!
Michelle, is a strong Black woman. Her girls will be strong black women.
The personal attack on her, she will survive. This is expected, with the position that her husband is aiming for. She will stick to her guns, and no man or woman her hurt her pride or her strength. Every Black woman has a backbone that is strong, and it’s hard to break us down.
It”s strange women are diffrent when ti comes to supporting each other, they see each other more as women in battle than against Men , than Ms Obama as a Black women. This gives Ms Obama a great Image across all race lines, Young girls of all cultures and races will have courage take a chance at becoming what ever they want to become.
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I must say this over made a mistake…….. It’s Strange women are diffrent when it comes to supporting each other, they see each other as women in battle against men. And most view Ms Obama as another women rather than a Black women, this gives Ms Obama a great Image across all races and cultures. Young girls and women of all cultures will have the courage to take a chance at becoming what ever they want to become because of her Image.
It’s the media jerks that’s trying to make Mrs. Obama out to be an angry, unameircan @%#*%. Anytime a woman (especially a black woman) is strong and opinionated she is characterized as a @%#*% while a man can behave the same way and he’s considered just assertive. Double standard at work again.
Michelle Obama is a positive role model. In this world some seem to think if you do not allow yourself to be just like anybody else you must be all that. Michelle represents the total black women. We start out doing what we were taught to do (make or place in this world) if we have hard or ruff edges at times, that is simply reflective of our struggles. If Michelle would have been an yes, passive, don’t make waves, or don’t stand for anything women, she would not have been true to herself. Why is it a respected thing when one graduates from high school, goes on to college (etc) becomes successful, just happens to be black, then disrespect is fair play? can someone help me understand this! What in the world do people want.
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