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Change: One man's steady struggle to become healthier - Harvard Health Publications

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It isn't easy to get rid of a harmful habit like drinking too much, or to make healthy changes like losing weight and exercising more. Media stories often sugar-coat changes like these, making them seem easier than they really are. In a moving essay in the American Journal of Health Promotion, Michael P. O'Donnell (the journal's editor) describes his dad's efforts to become healthier for his sake and the sake of his family. There was no monumental struggle, no epiphany—just a

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