Obesity on Shine

Our health report card for 2009: Are we making progress?

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The late Ted Kennedy said this in 1994 about health-care reform: "What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system." Not much has changed in the past 15 years. Although disease treatment has progressively improved, preventable illnesses prevalence is still rising, causing a lot of suffering and impairing the quality of life for many.

Health Controversy: This University Is Requiring Obese Students to Take Fitness Classes Before Graduating

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Did you guys hear about the university that's forcing overweight students take a fitness class before graduating? It's causing quite a stir...

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (11-20-09)

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Ever feel like you're hooked on chips or candy? New research shows junk food can be as addictive as drugs. FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

How do low-carb diets affect mood?

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The promise of many popular diets often includes not just weight loss, but a happier outlook. Yet, a new study shows that the expected mood improvement—the added perk usually seen when losing weight—seems to be short-lived in successful dieters on a low-carb diet. The low-carb diet debate is one that doesn’t seem to want to fade away. The diet itself is an old one. The idea that eliminating most carbs as a weight-loss strategy is an idea that preceded Dr. Atkins by more than a century. There are many types of low-carb diets with varying restrictions on the types and amounts of carbohydrates permitted. Just like other diets, they work as long as you eat fewer calories.

Should chocolate milk be offered in schools?

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Parents have applauded efforts to get sugary juices, sodas, and desserts out of school cafeterias and to provide more healthy choices for kids in the middle of the school day. So as the milk industry, after a good run with its "Got Milk?" campaign, is ready to launch another campaign--this…

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (11-13-09)

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Can scientists make ice cream healthy? Would you eat the new version of the frozen treat? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

High Fructose Corn Syrup - Very Bad News!

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A sweetener that should be avoided at all costs is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) regardless of what savvy marketing gurus try and tell (sell) you. In fact, it is one of the eight reasons I cite in my new book that Americans are overweight and unhealthy. HFCS, developed by the Japanese and…

Are we exercising less or eating more?

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Blame games are generally useless, but if we are to address the obesity crisis rationally perhaps it's worthwhile to look at the relative contribution of inactivity and overeating to our weight gain. Surprisingly enough, there are now serious questions emerging about whether inactivity has contributed to the expanding American waistline in any significant way.

Killer at Large... so what do we eat??

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Last night my husband and I watched a pretty fantastic documentary called Killer at Large about obesity in America. It looked at some of the reasons why so many of us are finding ourselves at war with food and our bodies. Having had an eating disorder I…

Does Size Matter When You're Running For Office?

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I love politics, but if you know me then you know why I don't discuss it on my blog. That being said, I'd like to talk about a politician for a moment. His name is Chris Christie.