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Obesity is now an epidemic among children and adolescents in the United States. Nationwide, roughly nine million children over six years of age are obeseâ€"with elevated risks of both health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, and poor quality of life, possibly throughout adulthood. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance, was released in September 2004 and identified promising approaches for obesity prevention efforts and a set of recommendations for a variety of stake holders and sectors. The IOM is building on its previous work by initiating a new study to assess progress in childhood obesity prevention efforts. In 2005, th...
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After five years of solitude, Drew Tucker, the grieving, sadistic president of The Hounds of Babylon MC is finally out of prison with only one thing on his mind: revenge for the death of his brother.But everything has changed since he left the small town of Babylon, Texas, and where he once owned the world around him, he now feels misguided, misplaced, and misunderstood. That only gets worse when he crosses paths with Ayda Hanagan, legal guardian to her teenage brother. Over worked and underpaid, she's clinging to her sanity by the skin of her teeth. She should be easy for Drew to beat down and manipulate. She should be easy to keep quiet.She should definitely be easy to forget.Determined to stay on the road he was born to travel and reign supreme once more, Drew is willing to fight whoever gets in his way, even the blue-eyed blonde who seems to have more mouth than sense. His actions are about to shake up the whole damn town, and Drew doesn't care whether that comes with or without consequences.Or what the hell that means for the likes of Ayda Hanagan.
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