Chicago's Looming Diabetes Epidemic
While childhood obesity rates remain sky-high in the U.S., society has yet to feel the full weight of our expanding waistlines, experts say. For young...
While childhood obesity rates remain sky-high in the U.S., society has yet to feel the full weight of our expanding waistlines, experts say. For young...
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
How do Americans expect to compete in the global economy if our workforce isn't healthy enough to be competitive? The good news is, many of the US's most prevalent medical problems are very preventable.
Donna Fish | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living
According to a study following more than 68,000 American women for a period of 16 years, those who managed to get adequate sleep (about 7-8 hours), gained less weight during middle age.
Amy Coen | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living
I've been in Mexico for almost a week. There's a growing behavior change challenge here: persuading Mexicans to change the way they eat and the way they have sex.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.15.2008 | Living
Our culture treats our children like cattle, fattening them up on corn and soy by-products. If we love our kids so much, why have we let Big Food turn them into cash cows for Big Pharma?
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living
Yes, I hate the date-rape drug but I am actually talking about the cereal this time. How can a lowly box of spurious nutrition engender such hatred? Easy.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living
It's a safe bet that diabetics outnumber crackheads in the U.S. by a big fat margin, but the corn cartel's got carte blanche to fill us (and our gas tanks) with their Beltway-blessed by-products.
Los Angeles Times | Daniel Costello | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business
With the zeal of a young entrepreneur, 82-year-old Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Alfred Mann has bet nearly half of his estimated $2.2-bi...
The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media
The View's Sherri Shepherd was on "The Tonight Show" last night. After caressing fellow guest David Beckham — and prompting Jay Leno to remind h...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 04.02.2008 | Living
No more excuses, please. Seriously. A new study that just came out, which I read about in an online article from an industry magazine, is bad news for...
Derek Beres | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living
Can you imagine a candidate stepping up on the next debate to declare that we can begin to heal ourselves through a whole foods, plant-based diet?
Peggy Drexler | Posted 12.09.2007 | Living
The difference between service dogs and doctors -- besides medical school, internships, residencies, proud parents and opposable thumbs -- is total and absolute concentration on the patient.
Bryan Young | Posted 11.29.2007 | Living
The teacher stapled to the front of a student's anti-junk food essay a coupon for a free order of CinnaStix at Domino's. On the front of the coupon was written, "In recognition of a professional, persuasive essay."
Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.15.2007 | Living
The only thing that could change the epidemic of obesity is a lawsuit: Specifically, a person who has grown up obese with diabetes turning 18 and suing his/her parents.
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The Windy Citizen | Whitney Jackson | Posted 08.19.2008 | Chicago