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Best diets for the environment 02/19/2019 07:00pm • Weight loss and health benefits are key components of the U.S. News Best Diets rankings. But which popular diets are best -- or worst -- for the environment? If you're concerned about preserving natural resources, lowering harmful greenhouse gas emissions and promoting food sustainability, expert The diet-exercise combination: Don’t blow the benefits of your workout 02/19/2019 12:17pm • WASHINGTON — Working out in the morning is a good way to get in shape, but it’s easy to undo the good you’ve done by slipping into bad eating habits later in the day, in part because of the feeling that you’ve earned a bit of indulgence. Lean Plate Club™ blogger Sally Squires told Here's which meal-kit delivery service is best for your budget 02/18/2019 12:01am • There's one way to cook fresh, delicious meals at home without doing all the planning, preparing and shopping: meal-kit delivery services. This relatively new service model delivers a box of ingredients to your door, and you do the cooking at home. Most kits offer the option to serve two, three or f 1 injured in shooting at Anne Arundel Co. mall, suspect sought 02/17/2019 07:15pm • WASHINGTON — A shooting in an Anne Arundel County, Maryland, mall Saturday left at least one person injured after a verbal altercation between two groups escalated. Police received calls about a shooting at Arundel Mills Mall at around 7:45 p.m. After arriving at the mall, officers found severa Can acupuncture help you lose weight? 02/13/2019 07:00pm • Out with the new, in with the old — or so goes many Americans' attitudes toward health interventions these days. Modern pharmaceuticals? No thanks. Ancient Eastern medical practices? Yes please. "Many people are trying to go away from traditional types of medicine and go toward what they consid Is snacking healthy? 02/12/2019 07:00pm • Eating three square meals a day is so 2017. These days, more than half of Americans' eating occasions are snacks, and 91 percent of us snack multiple times a day, according to the Hartman Group, a research firm. Is this healthy? Snacking should not just be an exercise in mouth movement. If yo How to Invest in the Ones You Love 02/12/2019 07:00pm • This month, as you consider how to say "I love you" to that special person in your life, skip the flowers, stuffed animals and chocolates, and opt instead for the true gift of romance: life insurance. While this might not be immediately as well-received as jewelry, per se, it is a gift that will kee How can I prevent tech neck? 02/12/2019 07:00pm • Many of us can cop to spending extended periods of time in front of our favorite electronic devices: desktop computers, cellphones, laptops. The average person spends two to four hours a day reading or texting on their smartphone. The term "tech neck" refers to neck soreness as a result of prolonged Body Image Issues Affect Kids, Too 02/11/2019 07:00pm • Most women are unhappy with their bodies, according to research. But it's not just adults who take issue with the size or shape of their bodies. Increasingly, studies indicate that kids, too, struggle with body dissatisfaction, or having negative thoughts and perceptions about their bodies, which r How to 'Marie Kondo' Your Kitchen 02/11/2019 07:00pm • Tidying up is so in right now, thanks to organizational goddess Marie Kondo, whose new Netflix show features people whose lives are apparently transformed after learning the KonMari method, or Kondo's technique for decluttering. And while I'll leave the whole-house cleaning advice to her, I'd like t Could Losing Weight Lower My Risk of Cancer? 02/11/2019 07:00pm • According to the latest data released by the American Cancer Society, cancer deaths have declined by more than one-quarter (27 percent) over a 25-year span, from 1991 to 2016. But countering that trend, obesity-related cancer is increasing. Previous research indicates that, as noted in the ACS' Canc What Is an Excellent Credit Score? 02/10/2019 07:00pm • You might be surprised to hear this, but as of April 2017, the average FICO score was 700. This was the first time the average score reached 700. But that's not the only surprise. Would you believe that 20.7 percent of consumers actually have a credit score of more than 800? I think we can all agre Differences Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes 02/10/2019 07:00pm • How much do you know about diabetes? It's one condition, but there are several distinct types of the disease. Each has its own causes and risk factors. Diabetes is one of the more common diseases in the U.S. -- more than 30 million in the country have it as of 2015, according to the 2017 National Di Early Warning Signs of Colon Cancer 02/10/2019 07:00pm • Looking back, there were a few vague signs that something was wrong. So says Rick Osterberg, 45, who was declared cancer-free in December 2018 after a long year of aggressive treatment for stage 3 colon cancer. In the summer of 2017, about six months before he was diagnosed, he struggled with consti Why You Shouldn't Coast With 529 Investments 02/07/2019 07:00pm • Optimizing an investment in your child's 529 plan is more important now than ever, with college costs rising significantly higher than the rate of inflation over the past decade. "If you are going to grow the money invested in a 529 plan faster than the tuition inflation monster is shrinking it, yo