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stretches at your desk to get your
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Feeling spunky? Add a few jumping
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• Realize how much sitting you do.
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• Stretch in place. Adding stretching
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HEART HEALTH—SKIP
THE SUGAR!
Heart disease is the number-one
killer of all Americans, but awareness of
the disease and its causes has allowed
for a decrease in the number of deaths
associated with it in recent years. Eating
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101 Bradford Rd., Suite 270, Wexford, PA 15090
724-935-4210
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