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Tag: obesity

  • Report: Fast-Food Chains Increase Targeting of Kids

    Report: Fast-Food Chains Increase Targeting of Kids. I guess when the marketers said they would step up their efforts to improve marketing to kids that it meant something different than what we all would have liked it to mean. Improvements in the efficacy and frequency they market is apparently what they meant! I am not…

  • The Grass is not Greener — trust me!

    Portia de Rossi Talks Dropping Down to 82 Pounds | PopEater.com. I posted this article because I remember the time when Ally Mcbeal was on the air and all the magazines and media focus on these ladies and the publicity they got for their looks. It really influenced a lot of women out there at…

  • Marie Claire: thanks for joining the intolerance bandwagon

    Maura Kelly on Mike and Molly – Overweight Couples on Television – Marie Claire. Whether or not this blogger feels this way isn’t really the issue in my mind. It’s why write this — who are you trying to help or empower? If being thin and healthy and skinny were that easy –EVERYONE would be.…

  • Justin Stoneman: America: A Big, Fat, Stupid Nation

    Thanks once again Mel for giving me more enlightenment: Latest figures confirm the ridiculous: three out of four of you will be ‘overweight or obese’ by 2020. To gauge perspective: there are now more ‘fat’ people than ‘white’ people in America. Perhaps our bigots of the future will swing their hatred away from ‘race’ to…

  • Here’s another explanation for the obesity epidemic: Body size misperception

    Here’s another explanation for the obesity epidemic: Body size misperception – This is probably true — so many people say that they decided to make a real change in their lives after seeing a picture of themselves. We get so wrapped up in raising our kids, living our hectic lives that we don’t stop and…

  • 10 Ways to Save Money on Food Shopping

    10 Ways to Save Money on Food Shopping. You can definitely eat healthy and not spend a fortune. Cheap processed food is everywhere which makes it hard to avoid. In my opinion, it is also the root of many of the health and obesity problems today.  I have previously highlighted some ways to eat healthy…

  • 10 Label Fables

    10 Label Fables | Active.com. Want some fiction to read at the beach this summer? Look no further than your cooler. With cans of iced tea that are meant to serve three people and “individual” snack packs that harbor extra servings, it’s no wonder the FDA’s latest Health and Diet Survey found that consumers are…

  • Why are Healthy Food Choices in Schools So Hard to Offer?

    This morning I got to sleep in –now that Weds are my rest days but I gotta tell you –half my family was cranky. Lots of snapping and crying and complaining was heard from them. Kind of makes for a tough start to your day — but start my day I have…. Here’s a piece…

  • Obesity Costs Women More Directly & Indirectly

    I’m including this article today because I think it speaks volumes of the hard costs of being overweight for women.  Some of it has to do with women earning more in general and includes a look at direct and indirect costs.  I also think that crap food is cheaper – relating back to economic status…

  • Childhood Nutrition a Serious Issue in Schools

    Childhood Nutrition a Serious Issue in Schools | Fresh Healthy Vending. Childhood nutrition plays a very big role in a child’s well being physically, emotionally, mentally and socially. A child who is not properly nourished can have difficulties in focusing with his/her academic performance in school. His/her physical appearance especially those who are overweight can…