How to get someone you love to eat healthier
Help the health of others: Lead by example. So here's the problem. Your friend/partner/relative is gaining so much weight that you're concerned for their health and you watch with dismay as they order a slab of banana bread and tip two teaspoons of sugar into their latte. Mentally calculating the kilojoules - around 3,800 - you want to snatch the food from their hand. But you don't - and if you're smart you won't say 'should you really be eating that?'"Being ..>> view originalNurse Adopts Newborn With Rare Condition After 18 Months Of Caring For Her In The Pediatric ICU
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