Knight Communities Healthy News & Information Ecosystems 2023 – Knight Foundation

Summary Healthy news and information ecosystems are critical to healthy communities. Research and experience have shown that communities that have significant amounts of relevant, quality news and information have greater levels of civic engagement, more community cohesion and greater government accountability. In late 2022 and early 2023, Impact Architects applied the Healthy News and Information Ecosystem assessment framework to eight Knight resident communities. For five of these cities—Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; Macon-Bibb County, GA; Miami, FL; andPhiladelphia, PA—this was the second application of the framework and we are able to observe change over time from 2020 through 2022. For three…
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Balanced food, regular excrcise good for healthy lifestyle: Experts : The Tribune India

Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 28 The District Health Department has advised the residents to adopt a healthy lifestyle to avoid diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Health experts stated that the primary cause of these diseases is an unhealthy lifestyle which leads to overweight. Maintaining a healthy weight is all about balancing the calories you eat with the calories your body uses. The most important ways to help maintain the balance is by eating a variety of foods and exercising regularly. Civil Surgeon Dr Vijay Kumar said that apart from hypertension and diabetes, people can prevent many diseases if they…
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The Medical Minute: Halloween edition ― three healthy tricks, three healthy treats

Trick or treat? October 25, 2023Penn State Health News How about both? No, Penn State Health is not offering you miniature candy bars or planning to toilet-paper your trees. Instead, to mark this season of chills and tooth decay, this week’s Medical Minute offers something far less scary and a lot healthier. First, the trick. It’s a life hack. A little baby step you can take to improve your overall health. And the treat is a healthy way to reward yourself. Maybe that sounds like we’re that lame house on your block giving away toothbrushes during trick-or-treating this Halloween –…
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