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Quarantine is a Recipe for Obesity

The isolation, lack of exercise opportunities and economic hardship related to COVID-19 foster obesity. Here are ways to beat the odds. >

The Stress of Social Isolation

Being stuck at home, locked in with kids or other family members or no one at all, can make a person more susceptible to COVID-19 infection. >

Tips for Coping with Social Isolation

If quarantine is starting to feel like life without parole, you are not alone. Here are some ways to make it less isolating. >

Extremely Long-Term Benefits

Interventions to help kids and parents in violent neighborhoods offer a payback that extends generations. >

Poverty and Prevention

Income plays a big role in who does and doesn't get preventive heart care. >

Your Kids Know You're Stressed

Parents often try to hide their worries from their children, but kids pick up on anxious undercurrents anyway. >

Diehard Fans

When local teams lose, ER admissions for heart attacks go up, suggesting a new way of looking at the agony of defeat. >

Pets and COVID-19

Cats are susceptible to coronaviruses, but they don't appear to transmit them to humans. Protect your pet as you would any family member. >

An Emotional Rescue

The way you give emotional support matters. Do it right and you make others feel better; do it wrong and it has the opposite effect. >

Help for Anxious Kids

Children with anxiety do better when parents help them face what they fear rather than protecting them from what scares them. >

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