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Dave Bellomo

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Social Capital Important to Fighting Obesity 0
Dave Bellomo
- Health, Stories
- April 24, 2024
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), social relationships are important predictors of a range of individual outcomes, such as well-being and health. These social relationships can be categorized as interpersonal forms of social support, identification with groups, or social capital. In this article, I want to briefly explore the relationship between social capital
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Stick With the Basics 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- April 17, 2024
In my career as a health and wellness professional, I have worked with literally thousands of people. From nonagenarians to World Strongest Man competitors and everyone in between. The interesting thing is that everyone, whether they admit it or not, is looking for “The Secret.” They want some tiny piece of knowledge that was handed
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Fighting Food Insecurity 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- April 10, 2024
Food insecurity can be defined as the lack of access to food of sufficient quantity or quality to meet a person’s basic nutritional needs. According to the Department of Agriculture, approximately 10.5% of all households in the United States were food insecure in 2020, which translates to 35 million Americans, including 10 million children. Add
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Gardening is Good for Your Health 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- April 3, 2024
It makes sense that being around plants is good for you both mentally and physically. We are generally happier and less stressed when we are surrounded by plants, but is this science or all in our heads? Well, research backs this up. In fact, more and more, gardening has been shown to provide significant health
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Does Coffee Consumption Raise Cholesterol?0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- March 27, 2024
*This article is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. I recently switched primary care physicians and decided to get a basic check-up. It had been a while, and I was interested in getting a blood draw for total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, A1C, etc., the usual panel.
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Local Wrestlers Win Gold in Hershey 0
Scott Lowery
- Sports, Wrestling
- March 20, 2024
In adherence to the well-known saying, ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,’ the fruit lying in the backyard of Denny and Jennifer Harer’s home can be identified as ‘golden delicious!’ The couple’s offspring, sons Conner and Brandt, were the talk of Hershey and the state’s wrestling fans when the Montgomery duo walked away
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