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      <title>Protect Your Memory with Healthy Habits</title>
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      <title>Enjoy Your Food, But Eat Less</title>
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      <title>Warm Up with Healthy Soups</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Great tips for one-pot soups prepared with less fat and salt can be part of a healthy meal plan for your family. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Beginning the New Year with a Healthy Food Plan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Danna Gillett, Family & Consumer Sciences Agent, provides easy to use suggestions for maintaining a healthy food plan after the Christmas holidays. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Physical Activity Guidelines for Children</title>
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      <title>September is National Childhood Obesity Month</title>
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      <title>Children in the Middle Series:  The Business of Co-parenting</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Enjoy the Nutritious Benefits of Watermelons</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 19:41:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Any number of measures can be taken to help control the heat in our homes during this time of the year. Using these suggestions may contribute to cooler temperatures in our living areas of the home. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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