Live Fit and Sore

Tag: obesity

  • Notable News

    Phys Ed: A Workout for Your Bloodstream – Well Blog – NYTimes.com. Another great reason to add exercise into your daily routine. This study says that it has metabolic effects and that being fit helps your body run more efficiently. Who can argue with that? But a new study that gauged the metabolic effects of…

  • Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips

    Diet and the evolution of the brain: Fish and no chips Sounds like this DHA is pretty important for brain growth and evolution. The lack of it in modern diets and the change in brain chemistry that the lack causes—may be why there has been a big increase explains the growth in recent times of…

  • Skinniest People Grocery Shop HERE

    Grocery stores and percentage of obese shoppers: • Whole Foods Markets: 4 percent • Metropolitan Market: 8 percent • Puget Consumers Cooperative (PCC): 12 percent • Quality Food Centers (QFC): 17 percent • Fred Meyer: 22 percent • Safeway: 24 percent • Albertsons: 38 percent — From the Editors at Netscape The percentage of obese…

  • Michelle Obama: Why I’m Fighting Childhood Obesity

    Not much going on today. I took a rest day from working out but did mow the lawn just to get some exercise in.  Here’s a good article written by First Lady Michelle Obama about childhood obesity and why she is tackling this issue… Michelle Obama: Why I’m Fighting Childhood Obesity – Newsweek. For years,…

  • Join the Fit Generation

    Join the School Years Fit Generation: Fight the Obesity Crisis What parents can do to improve their family’s health and fitness, and fight the nation’s childhood obesity crisis We’re starting a new revolution, and we want you and your kids to be part of it! Childhood obesity is sweeping our nation, and it’s time to…

  • Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches

    Topics Education Three Sticks: Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches. It makes a lot of sense–processed food is cheap so those lower income families eat more of it  — and summer time it can be worse because families can’t rely on the schools to handle some of the daily meals. It’s a vicious cycle…

  • Notable News

    Study Finds Certain Drugs Can Keep Some Forms of Cancer in Remission Longer – NYTimes.com. Using certain anticancer drugs for years at a time can help keep some types of cancer in remission longer, doctors reported Thursday. In another finding, researchers said they had made progress on a long-sought goal — developing a way to…

  • Notable News

    Still a bit under the weather so my initial idea of getting up and going for a run fell to the wayside. I did want to share some interesting news I have come across the past few days: Vitamin D and colorectal cancer focus of new Arizona study U of AZ is my Alma mater…

  • It’s going to end up biting us in the ass

    Rachael Ray Lobbies Capitol for School Lunch Bill – NYTimes.com. Instead, she grimaced, leaned in and sounded off about the federal Child Nutrition Act and what she considers to be the government’s stingy reimbursement rates for school lunches. “Ridiculous,” she said. Rachel Ray also has a non-profit called Yum-o! Check it out for good recipes…

  • Can Food Make Kids Smarter? A Free Event for those in Loudoun

    A Free Event for those in Loudoun County or for those that want to drive there!  (thanks to my friend Patty for sending me this info) Food for Thought: Can Food Make Kids Smarter? Tuesday, May 4, 6:30-8:00 Curiosity Zone By popular demand, Beverly Seng will return to the C-Zone to talk about nutrition and…