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Snack Foods for Teens

Almost overnight, your healthy, normal child has turned into a ravenous teenager who spends almost every minute rummaging through the refrigerator, looking for something to snack on. If you haven’t already, teach your teenager about the importance of choosing healthy snacks over sugary, salty or fatty ones and how to properly portion her snacks so that she doesn’t eat too much.

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How to Treat Tree Pollen Allergies

If you are allergic to tree pollen, you already know the drill. Each spring, as friends are raving about the beauty of new blossoms and the wonder of life, you are constantly reaching for tissues to blow your nose. You don’t have to hug a tree to be affected by its pollen. Gentle spring breezes are enough to spread the pollen around and put you in misery. Knowing what can be done to treat your allergies will help arm you for the season.

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France Stands Strong on Burqa Ban

A “burqa” is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places. The burqa can refer to the woman’s loose body-covering plus the head-covering and face-veil, but is more generally understood to refer to just the head-covering. I, like many others, have seen women wearing these pieces, but have never truly understood their significance. I always assumed they were a vestige of cultural and religious tradition, and I never expected them to be at the root of such uproarious controversy. But since France’s recent ban of most types of face-coverings, these little pieces of fabric have spurred other European countries to consider similar laws and inspired fear in French Muslims that the rule will permanently stigmatize them.