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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diet-exercise-and-body-image-issues-abroadpart-2/">Diet, Exercise and Body Image Issues Abroad—Part 2</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 24, 2007 at 03:15 PM by Bridget Sullivan</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">The following article was submitted by A.J. Melnikas.&nbsp; A.J. Melnikas currently works in clinical research.&nbsp; In the past, she has worked with non-profit health organizations targeting women’s and adolescent health issues. She will begin MPH studies this fall. An avid runner and coach, A.J. has completed 4 marathons and is planning to run Boston next year. Her cultural adventures include studying in Spain, South Africa and Nepal; teaching English in China and traveling to France, Belize, Japan, Swaziland and the Dominican Republic. Click here to read Part 1 of this series. When traveling in developing countries there are many things to worry about in order to stay healthy: clean water, pollution, even diseases like malaria and giardia. So why was I worried about my weight? Before arriving at my host family’s house in a village outside Katmandu,…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diet-exercise-and-body-image-issues-abroadpart-2/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diet-exercise-and-body-image-issues-abroadpart-2/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diet-exercise-and-body-image-issues-abroadpart-2/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diet-exercise-and-body-image-issues-abroadpart-2/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-adventure/">her-adventure</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-story/">her-story</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>