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Babies’ four<br />
front<br />
teeth<br />
usually start to<br />
peek up from<br />
the gums at 6<br />
months, but<br />
some babies’ teeth<br />
don’t emerge<br />
until a year or<br />
14 months.<br />
Source: American Dental Association<br />
CheCkup<br />
7 health<br />
factors<br />
and behaviors<br />
key to preventing<br />
cardiovascular<br />
disease: Get<br />
regular physical<br />
activity, eat<br />
healthy foods,<br />
avoid tobacco<br />
products,<br />
maintain a healthy<br />
weight, and<br />
control blood<br />
pressure,<br />
blood cholesterol,<br />
and blood sugar.<br />
Source: American Heart Association<br />
The best U.S.<br />
metropolitan<br />
areas for healthy<br />
aging include<br />
Provo-Orem,<br />
Utah; Madison,<br />
Wis.; Omaha-<br />
Council Bluffs,<br />
Neb.-Iowa; Boston-<br />
Cambridge-<br />
Quincy, Mass.-<br />
N.H.; and New<br />
York-Northern<br />
New Jersey-Long<br />
Island.<br />
Source: Milken Institute<br />
9%<br />
HigH scHool<br />
students wHo<br />
reported<br />
a boyfriend<br />
or girlfriend<br />
hit, slapped,<br />
or otHerwise<br />
physically<br />
hurt tHem<br />
on purpose<br />
in tHe year<br />
prior to a<br />
2011 survey<br />
Source: CDC<br />
Food & reCipes<br />
JAN/FEB 2013 7 W ebMD.coM<br />
healthy<br />
start<br />
50 % –70 %<br />
defects in a developing fetus by Source: CDC<br />
The CDC recommends 400 micrograms of folic acid<br />
every day for women ages 15 to 45. Folic acid<br />
helps reduce the incidence of brain and spinal birth<br />
living healthy<br />
1 in 5<br />
Americans who “definitely” planned<br />
to make resolutions in 2011. Some 30%<br />
made self-improvement goals related to<br />
weight, diet, and health.<br />
Source: The Barna Group<br />
Fitness & exerCise<br />
$42.55<br />
Average monthly cost of a<br />
gym membership in 2011,<br />
up from $40.94 in 2008<br />
Source: The IHRSA Health Club Consumer<br />
Report: 2012 Health Club Activity, Usage,<br />
Trends & Analysis<br />
Many cultures ring in the new year with<br />
traditional foods such as grapes (spain),<br />
lentils (italy), black-eyed peas (southern<br />
u.s.), pork (austria, Cuba, hungary,<br />
portugal, and others), ring-shaped cakes<br />
and pastries (greece, Mexico, netherlands,<br />
and others), and rice pudding with an<br />
almond inside (norway and sweden).<br />
Source: History.com<br />
400<br />
Cocoa beans<br />
needed to make 1<br />
pound of chocolate.<br />
Some studies suggest<br />
chocolate may<br />
be heart-healthy<br />
because one of its<br />
major saturated<br />
fats does not raise<br />
cholesterol like other<br />
hard fats.<br />
Source: National Confectioners<br />
Association’s Chocolate Council
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