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Tree planting magic in action: This large, energetic group of volunteers planted approximately 600 trees in just a few hours at a school in northern York County, PA, in the fall of 2019.

As a 30-year-old, I cannot personally speak about the first Earth Day. But I do know that 50 years ago we had no U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, no Clean Water Act and appallingly inadequate proto-versions of the Endangered Species Act and Clean Air Act. Rivers were burning, DDT was sprayed from airplanes across the nation and people were faced with the reality that, while we only have one planet, the status quo would not allow us to survive on it for long.

The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was the turning point for environmental awareness. It was a clear indication of public demand for better stewardship, galvanizing the nation and its leaders to take action. The years that followed mark an era of bipartisan accomplishments for environmental stewardship. New point source pollution standards and regulations were enforced, and mechanisms for reining in nonpoint source pollution set up our modern fight for the Chesapeake Bay.

The environmental awakening that gave us Earth Day also marks a turning point for the Bay.

Several organizations emerged, focusing on its restoration (including the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay). Their increased scrutiny revealed that the Bay was home to the first marine dead zone documented in the United States. A dead zone occurs when excess nutrient pollution feeds algae blooms, which are decomposed by oxygen-consuming bacteria and other organisms, resulting in very little dissolved oxygen to support aquatic life. It still haunts us every summer, but the shock in the late 1970s and early 1980s spurred action.

The Chesapeake Bay Program, a state-federal partnership, was soon created, and after a few decades of hard work by scientists, activists and restoration professionals, the EPA intervened. Using its authority granted in the Clean Water Act, the EPA in 2010 issued a Total Maximum Daily Load or pollution diet that sets allowable limits for pollutants reaching the Bay. The clock was also set, with a 15-year deadline for all of the states that drain into the Bay to take the needed actions to meet their pollution limits.

With five years left before the EPAs deadline, I see stark parallels between the Chesapeake cleanup effort and global climate change action. On both fronts, brilliant people have been doing their best for decades. On both fronts, a majority of the public is in favor of dramatic action. On both fronts, some nations (or, in the case of the Bay, states) are making much more headway than others. And on both fronts, it hasnt been enough.

So what can conservation professionals and concerned citizens do? We are taking restoration action and reaching out to the public to inspire them to do the same. We are working hard to achieve top-down political change and simultaneously bringing resources to landowners so that conservation can happen on the ground.

If youve ever attended a volunteer tree planting, youve almost certainly felt what I call tree planting magic. Volunteers will trickle into the planting site, usually a cold Saturday morning. Theyre often quiet and timid at first. When they get started, the work goes slowly. Many people have never planted a tree before, and it takes a few trees to get the hang of it. Gradually, the pace picks up and the number of trees left to be planted looks much more feasible.

Some people talk, others sing and almost everyone smiles. The air is loud with pounding hammers and laughter. And suddenly, far earlier than expected, there are no more trees to plant. The muddy group will, one by one, turn around and marvel at the new forest that they helped to plant. Each volunteer leaves the site with a stronger stewardship ethic than when they arrived.

The tens of thousands of residents who volunteer to plant trees each season are energized, empowered and eager for the next planting. So my question is: What if everyone planted a tree?

An estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day in 1970. At the time, the U.S. population was around 200 million, meaning that approximately 10% of our nation participated in the first Earth Day. If it feels like this was a watershed moment its because it was. Perhaps residents and politicians responded to a whopping 10% of Americans demonstrating for our planet by joining the effort themselves.

While I may not be able to get 10% of Pennsylvanians to join me in planting trees this spring, it may be possible to get that many to hear about what were doing and resolve to join a tree planting as soon as they can.

In an attempt to tackle this huge task, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is going big for our celebration of the 50th Earth Day. A regular tree planting, even a huge one, wont quite do. We need a planting that is so much fun, so novel, so absurd, that people will pay attention and want to plant trees themselves.

What we came up with certainly is absurd: Were going to plant trees for 24 straight hours. Our 50th Earth Day 24-Hour Tree Planting Relay or Treelay for short will consist of six volunteer tree plantings running back-to-back, around the clock.

Because of the current public health risk of large gatherings, the Treelay will now be held in autumn. Well take extra care that the spirit of Earth Day is still there, strong as ever!

As fun as the Treelay is going to be, it will not be written about in 50 years as the tipping point that led to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and mitigation of global climate change. If 10% is still the number to reach, we will need 1.8 million residents of the watershed to take action in order to spur the remainder to join. For the United States to take adequate action on climate change, we will need 37.2 million residents. That is a wildly lofty goal, but imagine if that many people joined a tree planting someday.

It is our duty, as the conservation-minded community, to bring our fellow Americans with us. We need to make participation accessible by everyone, everywhere. Not only because the environment belongs to us all, but because we will need the participation of as many people as possible if we are to have hope for the future.

And what better way to energize your community than to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day?

Ryan Davis is the program manager for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bays Chesapeake Forests Program.

The views expressed by columnists are not necessarily those of the Bay Journal.

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Fatphobia is internalised to my core and its taking so long to unpick (Picture: Mel Ciavucco)

Its impossible to escape the memes on social media about people putting on weight while in coronavirus lockdown.

The problematic before and after pictures, the jokes about binge eating and all of the Insta posts telling us how to stay in shape during lockdown.

I think of myself as a body positive activist but Ill admit I felt a twinge of panic too, when we were told to self isolate. Would I balloon up to the size of my lounge?

Fatphobia is internalised to my core and its taking so long to unpick, I didnt even know if my fears were really about putting on weight orsomething deeper.

I remember when I was first told my body wasnt normal. The school nurse weighed me and it turned out that I was in the overweight range of the BMI chart a document created in the 1830s by a mathematician who never intended it to be a measurement of health, by the way.

She told me I should try some exercise. I was already doing dance classes, walking to and from school, games and PE, plus step-aerobics and Mr Motivator (it was the 90s, hey).

When I told the nurse all of this, she looked me up and down in disbelief.

Throughout my childhood, nearly every woman I knew was on a diet, yet every man could eat whatever he wanted. I thought fat was the worst thing I could possibly be.

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All the pretty people on TV were thin. If I wanted a boyfriend Id have to be thin. If I wanted to be happy Id have to be thin. I never questioned this because I never knew any other way. It was normal.

It was years later when I discovered the body positivity movement.

I started working for an eating disorder organisation and learnt about our complex relationships with food, as well as obsessions with not getting fat.

The whole world is terrified of fatness, its why the diet industry is worth billions of pounds an industry that has grown whilst, ironically, the obesity crisis grows.

Diet fads are designed to fail so we stay fat while blaming ourselves and plumping up the wallets of the CEOs at the top.

Research shows that weight stigma causes low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, disordered eating and binge eating, as well as an avoidance of sports.

My PE and games lessons at school scared me off doing exercise for years. It was during the reign of gym knickers and short netball skirts my worst nightmare. I was always picked last for teams and got teased for being slow in cross-country races.

But Im aware that I also have what some callsmall fat privilege, meaning that I may not experience as many difficulties as larger people, such as fitting into plane seats and being able to find clothes that fit me in high street shops. People bigger than me may get laughed at, bullied or abused on a daily basis.

Being healthy isnt just about food and exercise, its about looking after your mental health and getting enough sleep, too.

In the current lockdown situation, many of us have lost our usual routines. I usually walk up an annoyingly big hill to go to work. I eat at the same time on most days and go to regular yoga classes. All of that has now gone while we self isolate.

My thoughts sometimes run wild what if Ill never be able to get up the hill again? What if I eat all the food in my fridge in one go? What if I cant fit into any of my clothes? Why cant I stop eating Easter eggs? I start feeling fat and lazy and greedy. I wonder if anyone will ever find me attractive again if my belly swells even more, my arms wobble and my chins take over my face. I get scared of taking up even more space. Will people think Ive let myself go?

Seeing the baking craze across social media, I cant help but have an inner argument with myself: I want to bake but Ill only eat it all. Baking is fun, but what about all the sugar?

Then I take a breath.

These are old thoughts from the past, the ones shrouded in diet culture and self-hatred. I dont need these thoughts anymore, theyre not helpful.

Instead, I ask myself, what is this really about? And the answer is always fear. My routine has gone and I have no control over my life. Its a fear of not coping through lockdown. Its anxiety.

I realised the best thing I can do for myself right now is to focus on my mental health.

There are many ways to manage your mental health and I wont patronise by suggesting having a nice bath (unless that works for you, then go for it). But Ive found journaling helps me recognise and process my emotions, and yoga helps keep me calm and grounded, because its been an important part of my body positive journey. It helped me focus on what my body can do instead of focussing on how it looks. Ive found online yoga and dance classes to be great for my mental health.

I now do disco aerobics to make me smile, unlike back when I used to do it to punish my body. I cant dance well but that doesnt matter, its so much fun. I get dressed up in sequins, put on my mini disco ball and let loose.

I also gradually shifted from trying to change my weight to solve my problems, to dealing with the underlying anxiety issues. Counselling was a big part of this too.

During lockdown, we have an opportunity to reflect on whats important to us. It shows the harmful effects of diet culture when, during a pandemic, were still scared about getting fat.

If you put on weight, its just your body adjusting to change. You dont need to control it.

Trust your body, be kind to yourself and let it do its thing.

Do you have a story youd like to share? Get in touch by emailing claie.wilson@metro.co.uk

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Roxy likes people, attention and other cats. She answers to her name, loves being petted, and lounging in warm places like heater vents. Roxy needs a raw food diet. Call Humane Haven Animal Shelter at 630-378-4208 or email humanehaven@gmail.com. Visit http://www.hhas.org.

Kimba attention, wet food, chin rubs and belly rubs. He enjoys curling up on a fluffy bed, sunbathing on the windows and playing with catnip mice. Call Joliet Township Animal Control at 815-725-0333.

Kaleesi is a squatty 8-year-old bully mix. She loves everyone she meets, and greets people with a snort and a slobbery kiss. Even with her little legs, she has some speed, and loves to zoom through the grass. Call Joliet Township Animal Control at 815-725-0333.

Arthur is a friendly, sweet and energetic 1-year-old male terrier mix that loves people and attention. He still has puppy energy and loves to play and run. He gets along with other dogs. Email Stacy at stacy@nawsus.org. Visit nawsus.org.

Pastel is a 2-year-old domestic shorthair. She seeks out attention and likes to greet people that are nearby. She likes to be petted, especially with ear and chin scratches. Kitty toys entertain her. Email Delonda at delonda@nawsus.org. Visit nawsus.org.

Stark is recovering from a life on the streets. He is good with kids and dogs but not cats. He is sponsored so his fee is $0 to an approved home. Visit W2Wrescue.com.

Saja and Raja are 3-year-old brothers who are bonded and need to find a home together. They are talkative and friendly. Visit W2Wrescue.com

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Bollywood movie star Richa Chadha is a vocal advocate for veganism after transitioning to a fully plant-based diet two years ago. In an interview with VeganFirstDaily, the celebrity, originally from Dehli, opens up about theinspiration behindherdecisionand her tips for success.

Chadha, a life-long vegetarian, decided to finally quit all animal products after she "realized the dairy industry functions very differently from when our parents were consuming dairy and poultry products in terms of mass production and numbers."

She came to this decision after watching severaldocumentariesand researching the devastating effects that animal agriculture has on the earth's environment. Although she says that she had difficulty forgoing cheese and butter in her day-to-day life, sheswapped outcow'smilk for almond milk in her tea and began to notice that going without these products made a positive difference in her skin and hair.

AlthoughChadha admits on her Instagram posts that she doesn't care for cooking,while on set, she always comesarmed with a few prepared snacks in case craft services doesn't have anything vegan. Her go-tofoods are nuts and protein bars, for any moment where she's in a pinch and can't find a dish without meat or dairy. Besides staying prepared for situations where you might not be able to find vegan options, here are Richa'sadvice for people who may be thinking about going vegan:

1. Use your Logic: "We are human beings we are not meant to consume milk from another mammal. We are not built to digest something thats so heavy on the body. And with growing research, we notice that today so many people are lactose intolerant."

2. Why not give it a try:"Its very difficult to convince your moms and dads that ghee, butter and paneer have to go - but once you choose that option and see how light it is on your system, I dont think therell be any going back!"

3. Going plant-based is better for your long-term health: "Its a myth that you wont get calcium if you dont drink milk. We dont even know the quality of the dairy products we are consuming today because cattle are pumped with steroids and hormones to keep them pregnant and lactating. These are things one MUST know. We end up consuming all kinds of chemicals and steroids for the sake of having milk. Its part of the package because its already in the cows body."

Chadhaclosed the interview byimploring more people in her home country of India to give veganism a try. She notes that there are only about fifteen or twenty thousand vegans, despite there being an estimated 400 million vegetarians in the country. She advises other Indians to try the lifestyle "without punishing yourself if you can manage to stay true to the cause and stay dairy-free in the long run, it has amazing health benefits."

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LIAM HEMSWORTH IS nearing the end of an unpaved trail at the top of the Malibu hills when he first rebuffs an offer to borrow my shoes. Hes barefoot. Hes been barefoot for the past 45 minutes of our hike, and as I glance back at the trail behind us, and I look around at the ash staining the surrounding undergrowththe result of the 2018 blaze that scorched nearly 97,000 acres, including the earth on which we stand and the actors nearby homeI cant help thinking the man has earned some rubber-cushioned relief. Nope. Im really tough, he says, displaying what even a casual moviegoer might recognize as the Hemsworth family grin. I can take anything.

Hes joking, kind of, but given the events of the past 18 months, hes also kind of not. His house went up in flames and burned to the ground along with almost everything he owned. He spent some time in a hospital with a painful kidney condition. And just a week before our hike, he officially ended a decade-long relationship amid extremely invasive tabloid coverage. (Hes open to talking about the first two setbacks, but not the third, and we dont blame him.) I ask him straight up if hes in rebuilding mode. Rebuilding? Hemsworth leans back and laughs, turning the word around in his mind. Yeah, thats a good way to put it.

He was only 19 when he left Australia and arrived in Los Angeles, and it didnt take long for success to arrive for him. I was here for three months before I got a job, he says. And from then on, I sort of jumped from film to film. The Hunger Games franchise. The Independence Day sequel. Some misses amid the run of blockbusters, projects that werent well received by critics, fans, or even Hemsworth himself. And through it all, there were comparisons to his older brother Chris, who beat him out for the role of Thor and with whom he shares a natural likability, extremely blue eyes, and a close friendship.

Hemsworth is 30 now, a rocky stretch of road behind him, and hes starring on an action thriller called Most Dangerous Game thats streaming on Quibi, the new video platform built around short episodes. On the day we meet, hes battling the flu, but high above the California coast, hes still the picture of health, so much so that he doesnt bother to put his shoes back on after ditching them for a photo shoot. Hes happy to feel the grit and gravel beneath his feet, and as we talk and hike, and hike and talk, he opens up about strength, pain, fire, happiness, ice baths, spinach, family, and what the future holds.

Liam Hemsworth: Appreciating the little things. Its something I always try to remind myself to do, especially in times that maybe things arent going the way I planned or the way I wanted things to go. Appreciating what I do have and searching for things that make me happy and things that make me a better person and...

Honestly, the past six months... Id say exercise and fitness is a big thing for me to just feel balanced and levelheaded.

A very Mens Health answer!

I went into a job [Most Dangerous Game] at the end of last year that was extremely physical. I spent most of the project running and getting beaten up. It was just brutal. I leaned out a lot. Running is so jarring. Your knees, your ankles, your lower back. After that I teamed up with Jason Walsh, who owns Rise Nation in West Hollywood. We do high-intensity stuff, a mix of calisthenics, sled pulls, sled pushes, and lots and lots of free weights.

I was vegan for almost four years, and then February of last year I was feeling lethargic. Then I got a kidney stone. It was one of the most painful weeks of my life. I was doing press for Isnt It Romantic. But I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.

Its all good now, thankfully. But once you get one kidney stone, you have a 50 percent chance of getting another one if you continue eating the way you were eating. Well, my particular kidney stone was a calcium-oxalate kidney stone. It forms from having too much oxalate in your diet. Oxalates are really high in a lot of vegetables, specifically spinach, almonds, beetroot, potatoes. Every morning, I was having five handfuls of spinach and then almond milk, almond butter, and also some vegan protein in a smoothie. And that was what I considered super healthy. So I had to completely rethink what I was putting in my body.

Health for sure. I go from one extreme to the other. My mom always makes fun of me. Shes like, If you could just find a happy medium in between all these things you do, then youd probably be better off. It was right before I started shooting Independence Day: Resurgence. The first two years, I felt great. My body was strong, my cardio was high. What I say to everyone is Look, you can read whatever you want to read. But you have to experience it for yourself. You have to figure out what works best for your body. And if something works well for a period, great, keep doing it. If something changes and youre not feeling great, youve got to reassess it and then figure it out.

For the past year and a half, Ive been doing a lot of ice baths and watching these Wim Hof YouTube videos and doing the breathing. When Im working out really hard, if Im including an ice bath among all that, my recovery is better. When you come out of an ice bath, your body feels electric and your senses are heightened. We were doing it when I was back in Australia and I was staying with Chris, and wed do a cycle from the sauna to the ice bath. Wed just do that a couple times, and wed come out just so happy: Ah, how is this life? How is this?

I really look up to my brother Chris. Ive worked with a lot of people that have been in really great positions in the past 11 years, and Chris has a stronger work ethic than most. Hes so focused. Im thankful that I have him and am able to use his resources and his knowledge. I call him all the time about scripts and get his opinion. Should I do this? Should I do that? Were looking to do a film this year together, which is like a big action-comedy thing.

1- The Expendables. 2- Independence Day: Resurgence. 3- The Hunger Games. 4- Most Dangerous Game

I love my brother Chris. I dont mind talking about him.

I had a really naive confidence. I got flown over to do a screen test for Thor. So I had some confidence, and I was doing auditions as much as I could. I was cast in the first Expendables film, and then the script got rewritten and they cut me out of it. My parents always said, Have a backup plan. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I was like, Ive probably got to do a trade, be a builder or landscaper. But also, I was like, Im going to make this happen. And acting was what I set my mind on.

Ive worked really hard on every film I do. I enjoyed them all for different reasons.

Yeah, there are a couple. [Laughs] Im not going to say which ones. Something that everyone in this town says is Nobody knows which films are going to work. You can have a perfect script, an amazing cast, a fantastic director, and the film can still turn out terrible. So its always a gamble.

I was shooting a film in Alabama and then had come back just by chance that weekend to Malibu, not knowing that there were fires. And then Friday morning, the fires started heading toward Malibu, and my brother Luke called and said, Get ready, theyre going to issue an evacuation. The whole time that I was packing up these animals, I had moments where Im like, Its not going to get this far; this is a waste of time, and my house isnt going to burn down. And of course it did burn down, and it was a shitty thing to live through.

I wouldnt want to tell anyone how to feel. But I was able to appreciate the fact that I got all my animals out, and pretty much everything that I had in my house that burned down is replaceable to a point. Theres a select few things that hold a little bit more sentiment that Ill never get back. And I also acknowledge that a lot of people didnt have insurance, and they dont have anything else to fall back on. I have insurance and its a frustrating process, but Ill get taken care of, so Im thankful. Life is the most important thing, and hopefully your animals and the people that youre with got out safely. Im more conscious these days of how short life is and how things can change so quickly.

For a long period of time, it was very stressful, and it really got to me. Yeah, look, there are times when you want to lash out and say something ... because from my point of view, the majority of the time things that are written about me are completely false. There are times when you want to speak up and there are other times when its not worth it, because youre just going to draw more attention to it, and then its better to just not think about it and let it all wash away. These days I dont want to invest any more time in worrying about that sort of stuff. I remind myself of what to appreciate now and to enjoy every moment as much as possible, whether that be working or with my family or whatever Im doing. Just trying to find a positive in it all and enjoy life as much as possible.

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Government advice suggesting that teachers do not need personal protective equipment (PPE) when working in schools during the Covid-19 outbreak is dodgy and unhelpful, a union leader has warned.

School staff looking after the children of critical workers and vulnerable pupils say they do not have enough soap and hot water to wash their hands, according to teachers union the NASUWT.

Patrick Roach, the new general secretary of the NASUWT, said a number of teachers on the front line are calling for access to PPE and Covid-19 testing as they are concerned about the health of their families.

But Government guidance, updated earlier this week, has said that staff in schools, colleges and nurseries do not require PPE.

They must instead focus on social distancing measures and handwashing to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Dr Roach said: Our concern as a union is that in the midst of a crisis in supply and demand, guidance is being published which asserts that teachers in any setting do not require access to PPE.

He added: The reality of the matter is that practising stringent social distancing in the context of working with young children, and working with children with moderate or profound learning difficulties, is going to be, to say the least, very challenging for a teacher.

A recent survey of 950 NASUWT members found that nearly a third (32%) of school staff said there was not adequate provision of soap and hot water for handwashing in their workplace.

Dr Roach said: [Teachers] are being asked, when the rest of the country is being asked to stay at home, to leave their homes on a daily basis to support children of key workers and vulnerable children.

We think there is an obligation on the Government to listen to that concern from the profession about providing access to PPE.

He also urged the Government not to rush to reopen schools to all pupils until teachers had been properly consulted on the process as he warned that learning could be compromised.

Dr Roach added that asking students to return to school during the summer break, which runs from mid July to late August, to start the academic year early could lead to pupil burn-out.

He said: We wouldnt want to see children becoming casualties of this Covid-19 situation.

His warning came as heads have suggested that schools should reopen for a period before the summer holidays, rather than September, if the scientific advice says it is safe to do so.

Schools in England closed three weeks ago due to the coronavirus outbreak. There is no indication yet as to when they may be able to reopen.

Amid the closures, the NASUWT is also calling on the Government to ensure that all students at home have access to broadband and resources so disadvantaged pupils do not miss out.

Free school meals is only one part of the diet that is served up in school. Learning is the other part of the diet and for many children from poor households access to technology may not be there. Government needs to be concerned about that and do something about it, said Dr Roach.

Dr Roach was speaking to PA as he formally took over the reins from Chris Keates, who was general secretary of the NASUWT for 16 years.

A Department for Education spokesman said: We will reopen schools when the scientific advice indicates it is safe to do so.

Teachers and school staff are an essential part of our fight against coronavirus. We will continue to work with the sector to ensure they receive the support they need over the challenging weeks and months ahead.

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We all know that the Mediterranean diet - packed with fish, vegetables and olive oil - is good for us.

The eating regime, originating out of Italy and Greece, has long been linked to longevity.

However, a new study has found that it could also boost brain function - with four foods singled out as being particularly beneficial.

New research has shown that those who ate diets rich in vegetables, whole grains, olive oil and fish had the lowest risks of cognitive impairment.

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The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, discovered that fish and vegetables were especially linked to a slower rate of decline.

Crucially, scientists discovered that the Mediterranean diet even appeared to benefit participants with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease - those carrying the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene.

Dr Emily Chew, lead study author from the National Eye Institute in Maryland, United States, said: Closer adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet was associated with lower risk of cognitive impairment but not slower decline in cognitive function.

"However, higher fish consumption was significantly associated with slower cognitive decline.

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"APOE genotype did not influence these relationships."

The team aimed to analyse whether sticking closely to a Mediterranean diet would impact cognition.

Nine Mediterranean foods were analysed - including whole fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, fish, and olive oil - as well as reduced consumption of red meat and alcohol.

The researchers assessed data from two large trials of nearly 8,000 people with varying severity of AMD, an age-related eye condition.

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At the start of the study, both groups of participants were assessed for their diet.

The first set had their cognitive function tested using standardised tests at five years, while the second were tested more frequently, at two, four, and 10 years after the studys start date.

A questionnaire completed by each participant provided the researchers with their average consumption of each Mediterranean diet component over the previous year.

Participants who stuck most closely to the eating regime had the lowest risk of cognitive impairment and higher performance on cognitive tests.

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The evidence was strongest for those who maintained, but did not substantially alter their diet over the 10-year-period.

After the study period, participants who ate the highest fish consumption had the slowest rate of cognitive decline.

Dr Chew added: These findings may help inform evidence-based dietary recommendations, adding strength to evidence that Mediterranean-type diet patterns may maximise cognitive reserve against impairment and dementia.

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I dont want to die and leave specific instructions in my will to dress me in a long sleeve top because I hate my arms, writes Marisa Meltzer. I would like to be able to see a picture of myself and not have it ruin my day.

Meltzer, a journalist and author, exhumes her inner monologues around body image and shame in her new book, This is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me). She draws experiential parallels between her life and that of Jean Nidetch, a winsome housewife whose shame around her size propelled her to fight her compulsive eating and eventually found Weight Watchers.

Nidetch started a loose support group for herself and friends struggling with weight in 1961 in Queens, which grew so exponentially it became incorporated by 1963 as a dieting system and lifestyle. Nidetch was an evangelist for weight loss, and served as her own best example of what transformation could look like.

She had shed a significant amount of weight through a New York City obesity clinic, but the programs nutritional rigor was only effective when offset by sharing the exasperation of constant dieting with others. Through community she found release, and this became the lynchpin of her brand. Meltzer noted that Nidetch successfully had tapped into a collective anxiety of getting fat.

Woven in with Nidetchs journeyshe died in 2015 at age 91, her triumphant mogul influence dwindling over the years as she was gradually estranged from the organization she foundedare Meltzers own weight struggles. My body is tragic, but also ordinary, she writes. We all just accept dogs for showing up. I wish I could do that for myself.

Meltzer unpacks the micromanaging scrutiny she faced from her parents about her weight since childhood, and more broadly examines the twisted societal expectations that skew our apprehensions of physique. Meltzer wanted to open a dialogue about weight that doesnt feel overly confined by how you should feel about it, she said in a phone interview with The Daily Beast.

With unrelenting candor, she confesses to toxic social behavior (a game I play where I scan every room to see if Im the fattest person there), indulging in binges (solo delivery orders where the restaurant packs four sets of plastic utensils), and enduring humiliating remarks from retail workers who brashly insisted she must be postpartum. She talks about aspiring to Amber Valletas clavicles but relating to Nancy Drews plump friend Bess Marvin.

Meltzer not only wades through dieting culture and its grim statistics, but debunks coded language around body image on a broader scale. She writes: I say fat not as a reclamation but as a no-frills description. I hate every euphemism: curvy, plus-size, whatever. On the phone, she expanded on this double-speak: You see it with the bastardizations of self-care used to talk about botox and clean eating no matter what you call it, you're still trying to deal with the way that you look or age. Calling it something else is not helping anyone out with honest discussion about the real issues.

Our culture veers wildly between impossible standards of beauty and seemingly impossible standards of acceptance, to terrible effect to almost everyone

She added: Theres so much pressure to be a strong woman! these days, and to project as really confident. I understand it, but at the same time it feels like a faade, and one that is increasingly not doing anyone any favors.

While Meltzer criticizes the societal pressures to look a certain way, she is skeptical of the body positive movement as an antidote. She writes: our culture veers wildly between impossible standards of beauty and seemingly impossible standards of acceptance, to terrible effect to almost everyone. She continues:I may be my own worst critic, but my critical view is reinforced and also shaped by society. How am I supposed to not hate myself, to rise above when Im so attuned to the cruelty of others?

Meltzer finds it unrealistic to live as though others perceptions have no bearing on how we see ourselves: Loving yourself is a great ideaI wish it for everyonebut I also think that we live in a world where it can be hard to have a body, period, and if youre someone who is fat, youre going to be reminded of that all the time, she stated on the phone.

Its easy to pay a certain amount of lip service to body acceptance because its fashionable right now and shows a certain savviness, but I don't know how far that really goes

She emphasized that its not a personal failure to be influenced by societys messaging, however foolish it may be, when youve always been subjected to it. Meltzer doesn't want to shoulder the guilt for not being able to flout societys norms conformably or authentically.

Body acceptance says that its my fault that I don't feel great about my body because I haven't fully committed to loving it, Meltzer writes, but adds that overweight people are told to change our minds and set ourselves free, and then once we feel a little empowered, we have the old hegemonic handcuffs slapped right back on.

As she put it in conversation: Its easy to pay a certain amount of lip service to body acceptance because its fashionable right now and shows a certain savviness, but I don't know how far that really goes.

An avowed feminist, Meltzer expresses a certain ambivalence about Nidetchon the one hand, she founded a company in which women reclaim their bodies, but she unequivocally encouraged women to conform to aesthetic norms and, as Meltzer writes, keep up with the labor of femininity.

Meltzer also notes that Nidetchs career skyrocketed precisely during the same early 1960s period that Julia Childs and Betty Friedans did. These two cultural icons were celebrated for completely different approaches to embracing womanhood, be it through gustative indulgence or bulldozing the housewife trope.

Meltzers own understanding from reading feminist texts was: Good feminists, in short, do not diet. Nonetheless, she does not fall into this camp herself: For someone raised without religion, dieting has been a source of faith.

That sense of faith can be a perverse one. Meltzers obsessiveness around dieting makes her not only keenly observant but competitive. She mentions how celebrities she has profiled as a journalist (from Busy Phillips to Karlie Kloss to Roxane Gay) or simply encountered (Padma Lakshmi, in the waiting room of a lymphatic massage parlor) have eroded her sense of self and left her feeling deflated.

The modern celebritys mix of worship measpiration while maintaining an Im just like you accessibility promotes untenable standards for body acceptance. Meltzer rarely broadens the spectrum of who else is affected by these feelings of self-consciousness, but its interesting when she mentions otherslike a police officer in her Weight Watchers group who expresses unease about the fit of his bulletproof vest due to his size.

The book concludes on a wavering note of self-forgiveness. Meltzer doesn't tack on false epiphanies but gives herself room to keep clarifying her own needs. Her ultimate wish would be to live as though disembodied altogether, her fantasy to be whatever size it is and for no one to see me as fat; for the social perception of fatness to cease to exist... its less about a hatred of fat people or my body and more about wanting to be able to live in a way where I am noticed for what I choose.

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With everything going on, its important to stay healthy. It can feel like a lot of things are out of our hands, but food remains something which we can still in some capacity control. We have known for a while now that the food we eat impacts our mood. However, recent studies have found food to have an even larger impact on our functionality than just temperament.

The documentary "The Magic Pill" followed the lives of several people as they underwent a real-life experiment with their diet. The aim simply was to eat non-processed, whole foods for ten weeks straight. The technical term they threw out occasionally was Keto. But it has been endearingly nicknamed the Caveman Diet, and Id prefer to use that term for its unhampered realism. The hypothesis of this experiment which still has yet to be proven states that saturated fats cause heart disease. The people involved in this experiment had a plethora of physical and mental ailments, ranging from diabetes to autism to cancer. Each person experienced a form of stabilization or partial remission. One patient with early onset dementia lost 40 pounds by the end of the first five weeks, and stopped taking her pain meds, explaining that her intense migraines had entirely dissipated. Another patient with non-verbal autism was able to feed himself after only the first five days, and later improved even more in his independence and self-care skills. He was also able to articulate in full sentences his fears and joys. A cancer patient with aggressive, metastatic breast cancer diminished the size of her tumor without chemotherapy or radiotherapy. She simply followed the ketogenic diet, but with her own little spin. She aimed to eat 80% healthy fats, 10-14% protein, and no more than 12g of carbs per day. This kind of eating alone prodded her toward partial remission.

It seemed to indicate that there might be something wrong with the food pyramid, and that it should be flipped. At the very top should be grains and cereals, and at the bottom should be fats and oils. Even though the food pyramid has since been replaced by the plate, this newer version still seems to be lacking. It is ambiguous in its proportions, seeming to have equal parts of fruits, grains, vegetables, protein and dairy. The plate seems to be a bit careless, even more so than the food pyramid, which at least indicates portions (even if they arent proper). Its true that all of this, at the end of the day, is largely speculation. The documentary found a lot of evidence that clean eating can improve and stabilize a variety of adverse conditions. Nothing has been proven, but it might be worth a shot while were all trapped at home to try eating clean foods: unsaturated, unprocessed foods. With everything going on, anything can help. And if diet can help with anxiety, stress and other physical ailments, why not give it a try? The Caveman way certainly wont be easy, especially for lovers of junk food, but the effect it can have will definitely taste just as sweet.

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This report focuses on the global status of weight loss and diet management, future forecasts, growth opportunities, the key market and the main players.The objectives of the study are to present the development of Weight Loss and Diet Management in the United States, Europe and China.

In 2017, the global market for weight loss and diet management was millions of U.S. dollars and is expected to reach one million U.S. dollars by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of 2018-2025.

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Les principaux acteurs couverts par cette tudeWeight WatchersAbbott NutritionThe Coca-ColaPepsicoNutrisystemMedifastKraft FoodsKelloggHerbalife LtdGeneral MillsAmylin PharmaceuticalsAmer Sports CorpAlpro LtdAjinomoto CoAIDP IncAHD InternationalAcatris

Market segment by type, product can be divided intoBetter-for-You-Food & BeveragesWeight loss supplementsMealreplacements Low calorie sweetenersOthers

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Market segment by application, divided intosupermarkets and hypermarketsHealth and beauty storesIndependent retailersOnline distribution

Market segment by region / country, this report coversthe United StatesEuropeChinaJapanSoutheast AsiaIndiaCentral and South America

The objectives of the study in this report are: Toanalyze global status of weight loss and diet management, future forecasts, growth opportunity, key market and key players.Present the development of Weight Loss and Diet Management in the United States, Europe and China.Establish a strategic profile of the main players and thoroughly analyze their development plan and strategies.Define, describe and forecast the market by product type, market and key regions.

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In this study, the years considered to estimate the size of the weight loss and diet management market are as follows:Historical Year: 2013-2017Base year: 2017Estimated year: 2018Forecast year 2018 to 2025For data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered the base year.Whenever data were not available for the base year, the previous year was taken into account.

Contents

Chapter One: Overview of the Report

1.1 Scope of the study

1.2 Key market segments

1.3 Actors covered

1.4 Market analysis by type

1.4.1 Global weight loss and diet management Growth rate in market size by type (2013-2025)

1.4.2 Better for-you-Food & Beverages

1.4.3 Weight loss supplements

1.4.4 Meal replacements

1.4.5 Sweeteners

low calorie 1.4.6 Others

1.5 Market by application

1.5.1 Global market share of weight loss and diet management by application (2013-2025)

1.5.2 Supermarkets and hypermarkets

1.5.3 Health and beauty product stores

1.5.4 Independent retailers

1.5 .5 Online distribution

1.6 Objectives of the study

1.7 Years considered

Chapter Two: Trends in Global Growth

2.1 Weight loss and diet management Market size

2.2 Growth trends in weight loss and diet management by region

2.2.1 Size of the weight loss and diet management market by region (2013-2025)

2.2.2 Market share of weight loss and diet management by region (2013-2018)

2.3 Industry trends

2.3.1 Main market trends

2.3.2 Market drivers

2.3.3 Market opportunities

Chapter Three: Market share of the main players

3.1 Weight loss and diet management Market size by manufacturers

3.1.1 Global weight loss and food management recipes by manufacturers (2013-2018)

3.1.2 The global income market for weight loss and diet management is

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