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A dietitian suggests taking kids to the store and helping them pick out fruit and vegetables.

Childhood obesity declining in preschool-age kids

August 19, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

In the fight against childhood obesity, there is bad news and good. The percentage of children age 2 to 18 classified as obese based on their waist size held steady...

More teen boys working as babysitters

May 14, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

More teen boys are earning extra cash as baby sitters these days, according to the American Red Cross, which offers classes for sitters throughout the U.S. "This year, 9.3 percent...

"When they get married, people don't always realize how much work marriage is," Tamrin Navarro says. "It's hard work, but it's the best kind of work there is. You have to put time and effort into making your relationship solid."

From farewell to forever after

June 18, 2018 at 6:38 p.m.

Sometimes it takes a phone call goodbye to realize that it's the last thing you want to say. Dan Navarro and Tamrin Roscoe met at a party while they were...

"One of the reasons our marriage has lasted is because we work hard to communicate," Kimberley Rudd said. "There are peaks and valleys in any relationship. You just have to know that when you're in that valley, the peak is up ahead, and you can reach it."

Falling in love? Get it in writing

June 18, 2018 at 9:34 p.m.

David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two...

Falling in love? Get it in writing

May 13, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two...

Beyond golden

May 13, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

Annie Bell Hopson, 80, can still remember the good-looking young man she met when she was just a teenager, when she spent a year living with with her aunt in...

Center helps give Jewish couples a genetic peace of mind

December 23, 2018 at 10:20 a.m.

For Ellie and Jeremy Forman, getting married involved much more than walking down the aisle in fancy garb and saying their "I do's" in front of family and friends this...

Center helps give Jewish couples a genetic peace of mind

May 13, 2019 at 10:28 p.m.

For Ellie and Jeremy Forman, getting married involved much more than walking down the aisle in fancy garb and saying their "I do's" in front of family and friends this...

Healthy hospital cafeteria offerings step beyond salad days

June 17, 2018 at 6:42 p.m.

The new 866,000-square-foot Elmhurst Memorial Hospital features a state-of-the-art emergency department, 259 private in-patient suites, the da Vinci robotic surgical system, the first Aquilion ONE 320-slice CT scanner in Illinois,...

Healthy hospital cafeteria offerings step beyond salad days

May 13, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

The new 866,000-square-foot Elmhurst Memorial Hospital features a state-of-the-art emergency department, 259 private in-patient suites, the da Vinci robotic surgical system, the first Aquilion ONE 320-slice CT scanner in Illinois,...

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