HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN CALGARY (CALGARY NW)

Reading Time: 2 minutes How to know if you have strep throat? Generally, …

Reading Time: < 1 minute If a person has diabetes then their body …

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Diabetes is a condition where your body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot properly use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Children, like adults, are becoming less and less active. More time is spent in front of the TV and playing video or computer games than ever before. Studies show that an overweight child usually becomes an overweight adult. The best time to change your child's habits is while he or she is young.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Weight management is maintaining a healthy weight. It does not mean losing weight to look like a fashion model. Instead, it is keeping your body weight within a range that will not jeopardize your present or future health.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure or force that your blood applies on the walls of your blood vessels as it moves through your body. A blood pressure reading has 2 numbers such as 120 over 80, which is typically normal blood pressure.