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Decem ber 17. 200 3 Dear Deanna! I’m the only boy in my family and my mother and 17-year old sister embarrass me by the way they act and dress. My mother tries to dress young and my sister tries to act grow n. I hate being with them in public because they act nasty and are always in m en's faces. I need a way to get away from them sometimes. —DreQuan: Culver City. CA Dear DreQuan: Y ou’re caught in the crossfire of your mother and sister's fantasy R e a l P e o p le . R e a l A dvice ,4vA Deanini! is un advice world. If you don’t have anything column known for its to do besides tagging along with fearless approach to them, make yourself busy. Get reality hosed subjects! involved in sports, visit the library or become a member of a youth group in your community. After a while, they may wake up and do something better with themselves i tan looking foolish. Dear Deanna! A neighbor in my complex is strung out on crack and she leaves her children at other people’s homes all the time. The children are always hungry and filthy. A group o f us have decided to turn her in to the welfare department but w e’re afraid because after we tell, she'll still be here in the complex. How do we handle this? —Anonymous; Denver. CO (Elje ^lortlanb © bseruer More Kids Suffer Weight Gain Health Threats Tooth Decay Recently, with all the hype sur ing moderate exercise and making More than half the children in O regon ages 6 to 8 suffer from tooth decay, with poor and mi nority children suffering more than average, according to a new study. “It’s clear that dental decay is the most prevalent chronic dis ease that O regon's children face,” said Donalda Dodson, manager of child and family health programs for the Oregon Department of Human Services. Dodson called for increased support for dental care and screen ing, along with fluoride supple ments. rounding ex tre m e-w eig h t-lo ss strategies such as the increasingly popular stom ach stapling, two things have become clear. First, obesity is an epidemic in our coun try— more than I (X) million Ameri cans are overweight and headed toward obesity. Second, we are tak ing drastic, and sometimes danger ous, measures to lose the pounds. “Menu for Life" by Dr. OtelioS. Randall and Donna Randall, ex plores the social, psychological and cultural reasons behind the obe sity epidemic in the African-Ameri can community. The book discusses incorporat If you plan to add healthy eating you started in the right direction. This 10-week course costs $79. "Tofu— What To Do With It,” to your new year's resolution list, “Contemporary Japanese Cook “Soups of Italy,” is a new, one- will show you how to cook simple Mt. Hood Community College’s ing," will teach you how to create night class that will have you cook and delicious meals. The cost of the continuing education classes at nutritious and healthy traditional ing up warm, hardy Italian soups. class is $28. and will be held Tues Centennial High School, 3405 S.E. Japanese meals. The class begins The class will be held on Tuesday, day, March 9, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 182 Ave., is offering three new Tuesday, Jan. 6, and runs through Jan. 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The For information or to register, cooking classes designed to get March 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. cost is $28. call 503-491-7571. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. i Safety Individualized instruction Effective workouts Supervision Sports-specific training Injury rehabilitation Special-needs training Ego Boost In pursuit of Health Dear Deanna! How do I make it clear to my boyfriend its offensive when he looks at other w om en's butts while I'm with him? We can be in the middle of a conversation and if a woman walks by, he’ll turn his head and then forget what we were talking about. I've told him many times, I feel disrespected. —Sheila Erickson; Glen Burney, MD Ask Deanna is written by Deanna M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: askdeannal@ yahoo.com or write: Deanna M. P.O. Box 88847, Los Angeles, CA 90009 healthy choices to reverse exces sive weight gain and considers his torical and economic factors that lead to obesity, including the “more o f me to love” mentality. Based on the Obesity Project at Howard University, the Randalls have developed a program that considers many lifestyle and physi ological factors that contribute to obesity. The African American couple helps people balance an energy in/energy out equations to Menu for Life ’ is a get healthy, eat properly and healthfully. "Menu for Life" was released by eat well, lose weight and live Broadway Books and is available beautifully book for African Americans. now at local bookstores. Class Brings Variety Meals to Your Menu Dear Anonymous: Report her to social services and don't think another thing about it. If you and your neighbors have come together to protect the children, then you can stand up against the mother if she starts tripping. Instead of a battle, help her check into a rehab clinic so she can get herself together. This is the right thing to do because the last thing you want is for those kids to die and you have to live with it the rest of your life. In this case, being a tattle tale is a good thing. Dear Sheila: Men have an undiscovered neck nerve that makes them lose their mental ability momentarily when a butt goes by. Tag him in the throat a few times. His neck will betoosore to turn his head for anything. Try to relay your message further by letting him know this behavior affects you emotionally. If he w on't stop, you need to move on before it starts making you unhealthy. If he' II disrespect you in your face, imagine what he’ll do behind your back. Drop him and keep it moving. Page A3 Denise Johnson • B. A., Health & Fitness Management • Certified Personal Trainer, A.C.E. • Group Aerobic Instructor, A. F. A.A. • M.P.H. 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