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		<title>Personal Health Care: It&#8217;s About Wholeness in Body and Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s more insight and thoughts captured from my reading of Health Care You Can Live With by Dr. Scott Morris, founder of the Church Health Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Excerpts From the Book: &#8220;The dominant approach to health care in the United States concerns broken bodies more than broken lives.&#8221; &#8220;Health care is a mess.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Fat in 2010 &#8211; Where is God in All This?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The country’s obesity epidemic continues to worsen, as detailed in F as in Fat 2010: How the Obesity Crisis Threatens America’s Future. Adult obesity rates climbed in 28 states during the past year and now exceed 25 percent in more than two-thirds of the states, with rates higher among Blacks and Latinos. The report, by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Links in the Spirituality and Health Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirituality and Health &#8211; A Working Model This is a somewhat creative attempt to capture my ideas on many of the key aspects of the connection between one&#8217;s faith and their health.  I used a mind mapping website to create this. It has limitations, but I&#8217;m pretty pleased with the connections it allows and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caring for Your Spiritual Heart: Weekly Health Scripture and Devotional &#8211; Proverbs 4:23</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The month of February is recognized as heart month. Valentine&#8217;s Day is celebrated on the 14th. During this time of year, many of us are thinking about how we can demonstrate love toward a person we care about or a family member.  It can also be a time to reflect on how we are caring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Heart Health and God &#8211; Weekly Health Devotional &#8211; Proverbs 4:23</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/your-heart-health-and-god-weekly-health-devotional-proverbs-423/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Wear Red Day Heart disease is the number one killer of women and today is National Wear Red Day.  This is a campaign by the American Heart Associations to build awareness of the risk of heart disease and to raise funds for research and education on behalf of women everywhere.  Many women will wear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior Change, Faith in God and the Fall Season</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/the-fall-season-and-behavioral-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 5:18 PM EDT the Fall season begins here in Charlotte, NC.  It&#8217;s called the autumnal or fall equinox. What happens during the Autumnal equinox? The sun crosses the celestial equator and moves southward in the northern hemisphere during the September equinox. The location on the earth where the sun is directly overhead at solar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laughter and Having Fun is Good for Our Health &#8211; Weekly Health Scripture &#8211; Proverbs 17:22</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laughter really is good medicine.  The Bible tells us &#8220;There a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.&#8221;  Ecclesiastes 3:4 Today I read a wonderfully written blog post by Bonnie Gray sharing how she rediscovered fun and laughter amidst the great &#8220;work&#8221; she was doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Christina Pulchaski &#8211; The Neurological Benefits of Religious Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/dr-christina-pulchaski-the-neurological-benefits-of-religious-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/dr-christina-pulchaski-the-neurological-benefits-of-religious-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Christina Pulchaski, Executive Director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, is interviewed by Sally Quinn of the Washington Post&#8217;s On Faith column. Topics addressed in the 5-minute video: Intercessory prayer The power of belief Research design Mechanisms of religious practices and health outcomes View the video of the interview here.]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity &amp; an &#8220;F&#8221; Grade in Fat &#8211; A Need for Faith in God</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/obesity-fat-and-faith-in-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new report out by the Robert Woods Foundation and the Trust for America&#8217;s Health organization titled F as in Fat 2009 &#8211; How Obesity Policies in America are Failing. (Link provided is to the 108 page report.) A shorter Executive Summary is available here. An MSNBC article provides insight into the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Health &#8211; A Christian Perspective Presented at International Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/spirituality-and-health-a-christian-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/spirituality-and-health-a-christian-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When individuals, regardless of their faith, incorporate these powerful biblical principles of the Christian faith into their lives, the spirituality and health connection occurs and they will tend to enjoy better health and well-being.&#8221; This is the conclusion to a recent presentation I made at Duke University. Two weeks ago I was fortunate to attend [...]]]></description>
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