Where you live can help determine your health, studies say

By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore SunNovember 18, 2011

In one recent study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins…

Parents Allegedly Starve Baby Because of Obesity Concerns…

I have been obese for 35 years. It's easy to say obesity runs in the family. Well of course it does because we were all raised in the same way within a family of obese people. I have lost weight many times through diet and exercise. I would lose 60-65 lbs, and then hit a plateau that would last for months and finally I'd slowly slip back into the old habits and gain all the weight back and then some. I know that you all have the same story. It seems to be universal among the obese. I tried…

PersonalAccountability vs Balanced Food Relationships

In Parents,Healthy Kids,…

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I am trying to inspire a conversation about childhood obesity in Thunder Bay and North Western Ontario. The childhood obesity issue is reaching a crisis point,if it hasn't already. The time for action is now,and functional work plans need to be built and developed, so as to try and address the complex issue.



We have had many programs that focus solely on physical activity and many label our childhood obesity crisis as an activity ,or inactivity crisis.…

      

     











          I would like to start off by thanking Paul for inviting me to write a post

for this site!  There is a lot of really good information and Paul does a

fantastic job keeping it updated with current news and events.  I

discovered this site while doing some research for the blog I write.  But

I have to admit I was somewhat puzzled by the phrase “Promoting Obesity

Peace Talks” in the…