Weight loss

The health benefits of 30 minutes of physical activity each day are many.

A review of 32 studies in The Journal of Aging and Physical Activity suggests that physical activity, especially when it includes weight training, may improve a person's mood and helps fight depression.

Additionally, researchers from the Mayo Clinic discovered that overweight people sit 150 minutes more each day on average than their leaner counterparts and burn 350 fewer calories a day.

(Source: "Science," January 2005) For more information, call 1-800-651-6455 (MILK) to request a free tip sheet on "Three Steps to a Better Beach Body." The Southeast Dairy Association's Web site at www.southeastdairy.org also has additional information on this topic.

Source: Vanessa Miles, registered dietitian, Dairy Council Mid East.

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Along with American peacemaker Tom Fox, the three were held outside Baghdad by a group calling itself the Swords of the Righteous Brigade.

Fox was separated from the group, and found slain in early March.Loney said yesterday that it has taken him time to realize he emerged from captivity not quite the same person."When we were released, I was sure I could jump right back into ordinary life," Loney explained.

"That's what I wanted the most.

But I'm afraid, no such luck.

I'm learning the hard way that I need to take things slowly, a little at a time in eye- drop quantities."It was Loney's partner, Dan Hunt, who finally began to reveal the brutal toll of the pair's long separation."On the day that James disappeared, I had to disappear too.

That was a very painful thing in my life, painful because not being seen is so very hard," he said.In a wavering voice, Hunt said the decision to cloister himself to conceal his and Loney's homosexuality was difficult, but "unquestionably right."Hunt said Loney is "deeply alive" and that the pair have a "rich" life together i...