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GA House Commends Commission |
Flu Levels Declining |
Health Workers Slim Down |
Running on the BeltLine |
Solve the Outbreak App |
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Before Kirsten Haglund was crowned Miss
America in 2008, she grew up dreaming of
being a ballerina. She had been taking
ballet classes since she was 3 years old,
and she learned to idolize professional
dancing and the small, thin body types of
the dancers.
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Emory student
Kirsten Haglund was crowned Miss
America in 2008 at age 19, two years
after battling anorexia nervosa. |
"Ballet was my whole world, my whole
passion. When I turned 12, I wanted to be a
professional dancer. But that's also the age
when your body starts to change," Haglund
said. "So I went on my first diet at age
12."
That was the beginning of Haglund's struggle
with anorexia nervosa, just one of the
eating disorders that plague nearly 20
million women and 10 million men at some
point in their lives, according to the
National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA),
which marked National Eating Disorder
Awareness Week at the end of February.
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A resident of one of Adairsville's
tornado-ravaged areas walks through
debris
left in the street from the Jan. 30
tornado.
Photo courtesy of Erin Gray/Neighbor
Newspapers.
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Georgia has already seen a fair amount of wild
weather this year, and with spring arriving in
March, the trend is likely to continue. That's
all the more reason for Georgians to pay
attention during National Severe Weather
Preparedness Week, which began March 3.
Georgia residents deal with a wide range of
weather threats throughout the year, said Scott
Minarcine, public health emergency preparedness
director for the Georgia Department of Public
Health (DPH).
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Georgia House Commends Commission on Family Violencee
 From 2003 through 2010, at least 962 Georgians lost
their lives due to domestic violence. In 2010, more than
71,000 crisis calls were placed to Georgia's certified
domestic violence agencies.
Because
of these statistics and concerns about the impact of
domestic violence, the Georgia House of Representatives
charged the Georgia Commission on Family Violence with
developing a comprehensive plan for ending family
violence in the state. Representatives from more than 20
agencies, including members of all three branches of
government, spent 18 months crafting the plan. On Jan.
30, the House officially commended the commission's
efforts in House Resolution 113.
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Visits to Georgia's emergency
departments
for influenza-like illness peaked in
December.
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Flu season got off to an early, severe start in
Georgia this year, and it won't be over any time
soon. Public health officials warn that even though
flu levels around the state are mostly decreasing,
people are still susceptible to the flu virus.
Flu season began in mid-November, peaked around
Christmas and now seems to be on the decline, a
cycle that happened about a month earlier than
usual, said Cherie Drenzek, D.V.M., state
epidemiologist at the Georgia Department of Public
Health (DPH), at a meeting of the Board of Public
Health in February.
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Employees at the Houston County Health Department
are using friendly competition
to live healthier. |
On Nov.
1, 2012, 20 employees at the Houston County Health
Department decided to take part in a weight loss
competition geared towards creating a healthier
lifestyle. The idea was to have employees compete to
shed pounds, based on the competition in the television
show, "The Biggest Loser."
Matt Hively, environmental health specialist at the
department, decided to start the competition when he
realized that he needed to make some personal
changes in his own life to improve his health and
weight. He thought the best way to help himself
would be to get help from work colleagues and
friends, everyone holding each other accountable to
meet their weight loss goals.
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The Atlanta
BeltLine is considered to be among the most ambitious
transportation projects in America.
Originally
thought up by architect Ryan Gravel in 1999 - he was then a
graduate student at Georgia Tech - the BeltLine is
transforming old railroad corridors that surround Atlanta's
downtown into acres of public park space, walking paths,
biking trails and light rail.
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Eating Disorder Awareness |
State Urges Preparedness |
GA House Commends Commission |
Flu Levels Declining |
Health Workers Slim Down |
Running on the BeltLine |
Solve the Outbreak App |
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