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Instead of grazing while at home during the pandemic, plan healthy, balanced meals.

Weight, health and avoiding the 'COVID-15'

If you've gained weight during COVID-19, you're not alone. While it's too soon for formal study results, doctors report that patients are packing on pounds. Like the famous "Freshman 15" that new college students fall prey to, COVID-related weight is easy to gain, but not so easy to lose.
Those who sense this grand experiment in working from home also comes with plenty of downsides — longer days, more meetings and more email to answer — are now backed up by data from 3.1 million workers.

Remote work really does mean longer days -- and more meetings

Those who sense this grand experiment in working from home also comes with plenty of downsides -- longer days, more meetings and more email to answer -- are now backed up by data from 3.1 million workers.
A tour guide speaks on board a Wendella Sunset Cruise on the Chicago River.

Want to spend a day in Chicago? Top attractions have changed in light of COVID-19

If you are heading into Chicago for a few hours, you won't be competing with as many tourists as in the past. But you will have to plan ahead -- and study up on safety rules.
The dahlia Hypnotica Lavender grow 18 inches tall and wide.

Any summer flower show will feature dahlias

Dahlias are at their peak in late summer, and there are varieties ideal for every sunny garden situation from containers and the front of borders to specimen plantings and the back of borders.
Moving is stressful enough without throwing a pandemic into the mix. If you are considering moving, be prepared for things to work a little differently and plan ahead to make it less of a hassle.
Millennial Money: How to move safely during a pandemic
Moving is stressful enough without throwing a pandemic into the mix. If you're considering moving, here's what to know from a financial standpoint, as well as tips to make moving day safer.
Don’t worry too much about details when you find a mask your child will actually wear.
The best mask for kids is one they'll wear
Q: Our city requires face masks now, and we're not sure what's the best kind for our kids. Our teen wears an adult mask, but we have a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old as well. Do you have any advice?
The DuPage Health Coalition helped thyroid cancer survivor Lilia, far right, shown with her family.
Helping the Helpers: DuPage Health Coalition assists the uninsured, working poor
The COVID-19 crisis has affected everyone, but people who are low income or uninsured have been particularly hard hit, according to the DuPage Health Coalition. Here's how you can help out.
The normal spring-cleaning surge extended into June and July as people took advantage of the pandemic to get rid of accumulated clutter. Others have cleaned out storage rooms to create home offices.
Pandemic inspires a clean-out of American homes
Not since the January 2019 purging tsunami inspired by Marie Kondo's tidying Netflix series have Americans been so inspired to edit the junk out of their homes. But, this time, amid stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines, our options for getting rid of that junk are limited.
Learn to pace yourself, even while on vacation. These tiles and objects are from Susan Anderson-Khleif’s trips to Spain, Holland, Morocco, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey.
Pace yourself and don't create unnecessary stress
Only so much can be crammed in one day. Tomorrow is perfectly OK for many items on the to-do list. This is a simple insight that is helpful in grief, and in long-term grief. It's worth it to "pace ourselves."
A metal sculpture titled “Blended Family,” created by Paul Bobrowitz of Colgate, Wisconsin, is Dave Heun’s favorite of this year’s “Sculpture in the Park” installations at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles.
'Sculpture in the Park' display worth a walk through Mount St. Mary Park
For those in the Tri-Cities area, it's a great time for a walk through Mount St. Mary Park along the east side of Route 31 at Prairie Street in St. Charles to glance at the annual "Sculpture in the Park" display.
Wayne Hartmann of Neuqua Valley High School recently was recognized as one of the top five driver’s education teachers in the country by the American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association and the National Road Safety Foundation.
How Neuqua Valley driver's ed teacher helps students take 'huge step toward adulthood'
Wayne Hartmann knows how important learning to drive is in the process of growing up. He's helped Neuqua Valley High School students in Naperville master the skill for 21 years and recently was recognized with the Teacher of Excellence Award from the American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association and the National Road Safety Foundation.
Sally McEntee, 8, and her brother Ryan McEntee, 6, of Winnetka are among the first recipients of Fun Camp in a Box containing activities to keep kids occupied this summer.
Winnetka family keeps kids busy with creative Fun Camp in a Box
Winnetka "family fun expert" and her college-age daughters deliver "Fun Camp in a Box" to keep kids unable to attend camp busy this summer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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