Small steps are a big deal
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DEAR ABBY: I know you care about individuals taking steps each day to improve the quality of their lives. Please help me spread the word about improving the health of millions of Americans.
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I heard a report on NPR a couple of weeks ago, and thought it was very interesting.  A study of a group hotel maids found that even though they lead active lives, get lots of exercise, their health isn't good. High blood pressure, overweight, body-mass index, the usual signs of a sedentary life.  They interviewed them, asking if they were active -- no. Did they get exercise? No. (The correct answer was yes to both.) So they formed two groups, with one group they did nothing, with the other they had a series of classes where they showed them how doing maid work compared to other forms of exercise. The kept going until they understood that they were active and living a healhty lifestyle. A few months later they checked blood pressure, weight, BMI and amazingly the group they had educated had become healthy!
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Blog: It's only a 2.5-inch prototype, but it's a first
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Pounding the pavement is getting a little easier on people's knees in many cities around the country. For reasons of safety and ease of maintenance, Washington and dozens of other communities are installing rubber sidewalks made of ground-up tires.
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They're not obvious, and they're not always cheap.
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The shoe retailer seems to be taking all the right steps.
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Here's a few solid but small hidden opportunities to evaluate.
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It was an impossibly small space to begin something so grand.
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All of us need a little help finding our way sometimes.
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It's the big moments, maybe, but it's the little moments as much or even more.
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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Basic components, such as speedy wireless networks and Web page formats for the small screen, are on the way.
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Step right up, folks, and join the real show ... outside.
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There looks to be more room for healthy growth.
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Never mind what the bathroom scales are saying and take a brisk walk: That&#39;s the message that emerges from a new study that shows that, when it comes to heart health, it&#39;s more important to be active than thin.
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By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 18--Bite-size improvements have done a lot of good in downtown Detroit in recent years.   New sidewalks and bus shelters, building facade cleanups and new shops and restaurants have shown how small steps can be beautiful.
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Right from the outset I must reveal that the issue at hand is a small one, but nevertheless interesting.