| I was a young child during World War II.
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| | Eating lots of vegetables can help you
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| To make up for food shortages the
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| | reach and maintain a healthy weight,
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| government asked citizens to plant
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| | according to the CDC. To learn more log
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| Victory Gardens. Like other families on
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| | onto the CDC Homepage and print out "How
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| our block, we had a garden in a vacant
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| | to Use Fruits and Vegetables to Help
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| field. Weeding our Victory Garden was
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| | Manage Your Weight."Vegetables and daily
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| more than a war time activity, it was a
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| | walking have helped me to keep a healthy
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| social activity.Families caught up on
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| | weight. I love vegetables, probably
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| news as they planted and harvested their
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| | because of my childhood Victory Garden
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| crops. Picking vegetables - fat orange
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| | experience. But many Americans grimace
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| carrots, turgid Swiss chard, and giant
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| | when they think about fixing vegetables
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| potatoes - seemed miraculous to me. One
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| | or eating them. Why? It takes time to
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| day some older kids built a fire on a
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| | wash and slice vegetables and Americans
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| bare plot and we roasted potatoes. We
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| | are short of time.Many of us don't know
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| ate the blackened potatoes without any
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| | how to cook vegetables. A serving of
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| butter or salt, and I can still remember
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| | limp, gray-green beans is hardly
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| how good they tasted.Vegetables fed the
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| | appealing. Carrots cooked until they are
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| nation during World War II. We were a
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| | mush are a turn-off. How can we get
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| fit nation then because people walked to
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| | Americans to eat more vegetables? We can
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| conserve gas, ate little protein (steak
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| | explain cooking techniques.Steamed
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| was a rarity), and were restricted by
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| | vegetables, for example, retain their
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| food stamps. No obese people lived on my
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| | color and crispness. The same is true of
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| block. In fact, I didn't know any obese
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| | stir fried vegetables. I stir fry
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| people. How things have changed.America
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| | vegetables in a cast iron skillet. The
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| is no longer a fit nation, it is a fat
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| | skillet is so well seasoned that I need
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| nation, and the obesity statistics are
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| | only a tablespoon (or less) of olive
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| alarming. According to the President's
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| | oil.Americans also need to learn how to
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| Council on Fitness and Sports 37% of
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| | season vegetables. Though I rarely cook
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| Americans aren't physically active. More
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| | with salt, sometimes I sprinkle light
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| than 108 million Americans are either
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| | salt on vegetables. Most of the time I
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| obese or overweight. Teens and younger
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| | season vegetables with lemon pepper or
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| kids are developing type 2 diabetes,
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| | fresh lemon juice. I also season them
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| formerly an adult disease.What can
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| | with fresh thyme, rosemary, basil, and
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| Americans do? We can eat more
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| | garlic.Involving kids in meal preparation
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| vegetables. The United States Department
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| | is another way to get Americans to eat
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| of Agriculture (USDA) has posted an
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| | vegetables. Older kids can cut the tips
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| article on titled "Why is it Important
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| | off of string beans, peel and slice
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| to Eat Vegetables?" The reasons include
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| | carrots, or slice mushrooms. Younger
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| reducing the risks of type 2 diabetes,
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| | kids can get pans out of the cupboard,
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| stroke, mouth, stomach, and colon-rectum
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| | measure ingredients, and set the
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| cancer, and heart disease. In other
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| | table.Trying new vegetables, such as
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| words, eating vegetables is a way to
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| | jicima, may also help Americans to eat
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| protect your health.Mayo Clinic has
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| | more of them. Fresh vegetables add
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| posted an article about the energy
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| | sparkle to any meal. We don't have
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| density of vegetables on its website.
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| | Victory Gardens any more, but we can eat
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| The article, "Energy Density and Weight
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| | vegetables to prevent disease and
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| Loss: Feel Full on Fewer Calories," tells
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| | maintain a healthy weight. Put vegetables
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| how energy density works. Many
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| | at the top of your grocery list
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| vegetables have low energy density, Mayo
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| | today!Copyright 2006 by Harriet Hodgson
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| says, and you can eat large servings of
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| | Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for
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| them, feel full quickly, and because you
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| | 27 years and is a member of the
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| feel full, consume fewer calories.Green
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| | Association of Health Care Journalists.
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| vegetables are a good example. One
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| | Before she became a health writer she was
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| serving of green beans, asparagus, or
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| | a food writer for the former "Rochester
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| broccoli contains about 25 calories,
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| | Magazine" in her home town of Rochester,
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| according to Mayo Clinic. This number
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| | MN.
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| refers to plain vegetables, not
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| | Her 24th book, "Smiling Through Your
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| vegetables drenched in butter or
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| | Tears: Anticipating Grief," written with
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| smothered in cheese sauce. Lightly
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| | Lois Krahn, MD, is available from A
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| dressed salads also have low energy
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| | five-star review of the book is posted on
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| density.The Centers for Disease Control
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| | Amazon. You will also find another
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| (CDC) says most of the space on your
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| | review on the American Hospice Foundation
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| dinner plate should be filled with
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| | website under the "School Corner"
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| vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
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| | heading.
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