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      <title>Research With Resistant Starch Has Widespread Health Implications</title>
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      <title>Lose Holiday Weight Safely</title>
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      <title>Living a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle</title>
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      <title>Don’t Blame Genes For Children’s Inactivity</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy says declining levels of physical activity may help explain why childhood metabolic diseases are becoming more common. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Nutritionist Discusses Differences In Abdominal Fat Between Races, Sexes</title>
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      <title>Weight Attitudes Different as Black and White</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[White adolescents are more occupied with thinness than black adolescents. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy examines this phenomenon found in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center study. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Youth Overweight Trend Confirmed</title>
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      <title>Power Foods for Cancer Prevention</title>
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      <title>Vitamin C Acts As Anti-inflammatory Agent In Men</title>
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      <dc:creator>HRoy@agcenter.lsu.edu (Heli J. Roy)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Effect of Exercise Debated</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Both obesity and being overweight have increased significantly in recent years, with nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults being one or the other. Whether this weight gain has resulted more from an increasing sedentary lifestyle or from less exercise is under debate, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Weight Attitudes Different as Black and White</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[White adolescents are more occupied with thinness than black adolescents. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy examines this phenomenon found in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center study. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Seafood Oil Protects Against Heart Disease</title>
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      <title>Carotenoids Protect Against Heart Disease in Women</title>
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      <title>Advice For National Women’s Health Week</title>
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      <title>What Parents Need To Know About Secondhand Smoke</title>
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      <title>Be Alert to Carbon Monoxide Dangers</title>
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