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  1. Physical fitness and nutrition: Know your terms | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... needs to maintain basic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and digestion. Body mass index (BMI) is an estimate of your body fat percentage based on your height and weight. BMI is a tool for screening for ... such as heart disease. Blood glucose is the main sugar found ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ss-and-nutrition-know-your-terms - MedlinePlus Magazine
  2. Physical activity does more than help you look good | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... example. Losing weight might improve some of her heart disease and metabolic disorder risk factors, but it might also decrease her muscle mass. Muscle mass is really important for quality of ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...oes-more-than-help-you-look-good - MedlinePlus Magazine
  3. Physical exercise | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... help build strength and keep or increase muscle mass. The four types of ... improves the health of your heart and lungs. What to do in the gym: ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/physical-exercise - MedlinePlus Magazine
  4. Preventing childhood obesity: Program for first-time parents promotes healthy growth in firstborn babies and their ... 
    ... overweight at age 1, and lower BMI (body mass index) at age 3—compared to babies whose ... in community-based settings. That includes the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s Early Intervention to Promote ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...stborn-babies-and-their-siblings - MedlinePlus Magazine
  5. Teens and stress: When it’s more than worry | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... such as natural disasters, health emergencies, incidents of mass violence, and the anniversaries and trigger events of ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...-stress-when-its-more-than-worry - MedlinePlus Magazine
  6. Gene therapies are a promising path to treating rare diseases | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... make up a large portion of our body mass, the dose of viral gene-based therapy needs ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...g-path-to-treating-rare-diseases - MedlinePlus Magazine