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Too Fat To Graduate? Lincoln University's BMI Requirement Causes Uproar

Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Lincoln University Fat, Lincoln University, Lincoln University Bmi, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Lincoln University Too Fat to Graduate, Living News

Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, uni...

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Point 4: Americans Are Obese And Inert -- Resulting In Huge Health Care Costs

George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Personal Health, Universal Healthcare, Weight, Kaiser Permanente, Obesity, Obama Health Care, Childhood Obesity, Overweight, Weight Control, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Alzheimer's, Causes of Dementia, Diabetes, Health Care, George Halvorson, Living News
George Halvorson

We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.

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Is Plastic Making Us Fat?

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Plastic, Health, Bpas, Obesity, Obesogens, Obesity Epidemic, Green News

No one's blaming these compounds for the country's entire obesity epidemic fast food and lack of exercise are not off the hook but emerging research p...

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Put In Those Earbuds And Watch The Scale Numbers Go Down

Los Angeles Times | Jeannine Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity Crisis, Lifestyle, American Obesity, Obesity Research, Exercise, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Obesity in America, Weight Loss, Weight, Physical Exercise, Obesity, Podcast, Living News

Successful weight loss may be just a podcast away. But what's on that podcast could make the difference between losing a modest amount of weight and ...

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Why Society Works Better When We're Afraid and Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Big Pharma, Wii Fit, Pharmaceutical Industry, Michael Pollan, Kfc Double Down, Obesity Epidemic, Eating Locally, Greg Critser, Living News
Christina Pirello

We need to consider what has happened to the quality of our lives since we gave away control of our bodies; we must learn to use pharmaceuticals more appropriately and not medicate ourselves into oblivion.

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Do You Want a Health Care System or a Healing System?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare, Type 2 Diabetes, Activity, Exercise, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Obesity, Outdoor Exercise, Health Care, Overweight, Exercise Tips, Childhood Obesity, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Health care fills the news every day, obscuring a simple fact: Your health depends far more on the internal healing system than the health care system.

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How Heavy is Your Fitness Footprint?

Carole Carson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Lifestyle, Longevity, Environmental Footprint, Fitness, Green, Green Living, Fitness Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Nutrition, Exercise, Childhood Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Exercise Tips, Titanic, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthcare Debate, Obesity Crisis, Obesity Epidemic, Food-Production, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Carole Carson

We need to figure out how to reduce lifestyle-related diseases that trigger the need for expensive medical care in the first place. We need to lighten our fitness footprint.

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Food Stamp Recipients More Likely To Be Obese: New Study

scientificamerican.com | OrangeSherbert at 01:55 AM on 08/12/09 | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Obesity, Food Stamps, Obesity Epidemic, Food Politics, Green News

One out of every nine people now receives food stamps in the U.S. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. A new scientific study l...

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Real Health(y) Care Reform: It's World Breastfeeding Awareness Week

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, World Breastfeeding Week, Breastfeeding Bill of Rights in NY State; Healthy Babies; Health Culture in American;, Baby, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Obesity in America, Childhood Obesity, Baby Formula Standards, Chemical Infant Formula, Obesity Research, Obesity Epidemic, Child Healthcare, Obesity Rate, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Far too little attention is given to the fact that it is well known that access to breast milk in infancy and beyond is protective against later childhood and later life obesity.

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How Do We Become Fat?

Fred Hahn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Leonard Lopate, Fat, Wnyc, Carbohydrates, WNYC Public Radio, Gary Taubes, Please Explain, Weight Gain, Insulin Resistance, Obesity in America, Weight Loss Tips, Losing-Weight-by-Sleeping, Obesity Research, Obesity Epidemic, Insulin, Living News
Fred Hahn

You can't exercise your fat away ladies and gentlemen. You have to speak the correct language to your body if you wish it to release fat from your fat cells.

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Eastern Medicine in Western Culture

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obesity, Chinese Medicine, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Eastern Medicine, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

We're failing miserably to curb the obesity epidemic. But is there a country with a low obesity rate that we can look to as an example? China comes immediately to mind.

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Wellness Programs Can Help Solve Obesity Epidemic

Mark Pasetsky | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Wellness Programs, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Reducing Health Insurance Costs, Health Affairs Journal, Health Insurance Costs, Business News
Mark Pasetsky

Wellness programs not only improve the health of employees by motivating them to take care of themselves, but also reduce health care costs associated with obesity and improve your bottom line.

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555-Pound Boy: Mother Of Obese Son Arrested For Criminal Neglect (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Obesity, 555 Pound Boy, Crime, Obesity Epidemic, Home News

Jerri Gray was arrested in June for criminal neglect of her 14-year-old son who weighs 555 pounds. Watch the video below. Embedded video from CNN Vi...

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Healthy School Lunches. Yes We Can!

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke Diabetes, Public Schools, Healthy Eating, Health, Obesity Epidemic, School Lunches, Healthy Kids, Heart Disease, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.

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Food, Inc.'s Robert Kenner Discusses What Gives Him Goosebumps, and What Gives Him Hope

Louise McCready | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Farming, Veggie Libel Laws, Industrial-Food-System, Robert Kenner, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Upton Sinclair, Fda, Obesity, Monsanto, Barack Obama, E. Coli, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Pollan, Obesity Epidemic, Joel Salatin, Sustainability, Food Safety, Eric Schlosser, Green News
Louise McCready

Robert Kenner gives us a twenty-first century Upton-Sinclair-look at the industrial food system in his latest film, Food, Inc., and not since The Jungle has the food in the U.S. seemed so unsafe.

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Mom Wages Food Fight With P.S. 9

New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, New York Obesity, Upper West Side, Upper West Side New York, Childhood Diabetes, Obesity in America, New York Public School, Manhattan New York, Obesity Epidemic, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, Obesity, New York, Meme Roth, New York News

MeMe Roth, a publicist and an Upper West Side mother of two, is getting really, really mad -- "and I do not mean angry," she clarified. "I mean mad, l...

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Do You Have Fat Genes?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Fat, Genetics, Genes, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Alcoholism, Diet, The Balanced Life, Health, Wellness, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you have the DRD2 gene, with the A1 allele variant, you are more likely to be obese and more likely to be addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. This is not your fault.

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Peaceful Revolution: Why Breastfeeding Needs To Be Part of Health Care Reform

Melissa Bartick | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Maternity Leave, Health, Cardiovascular-Disease, Obesity Epidemic, Breast Cancer, Why to Breastfeed, Diabetes, Breastfeeding-Legislation, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding-in-the-Workplace, Momsrising, Paid Family Leave, Family, Living News
Melissa Bartick

Our nation faces epidemics of obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that could be partially mitigated by the funding of an infrastructure around breastfeeding.

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Is Your Fat, Your Fault?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Addiction, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Addiction, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Craving, Sugar, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Comparing the brains of obese vs. lean individuals gets interesting results.

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Fizzy Math: Tax Soda to Pay for Health Care and Prevention

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity Epidemic, Health, Nutrition, Soda, Healthcare Policy, Medicare, Medicaid, Obesity, Healthcare, Coca-Cola, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Americans are already taxed by soda. Out of every paycheck, and on every April 15, we're each paying to treat diseases promoted by the overconsumption of these uniquely worthless drinks.

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A Supreme Court Justice Can be Fat and Fit

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Steven N.Blair, Supreme Court Nominee, President Obama, Hdl, Supreme Court Candidates, David M. Souter, Fat, Obesity, Body Mass Index, Belly Fat, Fat and Fit, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Supreme Court Justice, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Living News
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

I can't speak for whether our Supreme Court candidates are fat and fit or not. But I can tell you not to judge a book (or a judge) by its cover.

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Why Are We Americans So Fat (Part Two)

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Food, Poor, Weight Loss, Weight, Obesity, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Schools, airports and hospitals are all places where you have to eat what is served. These institutions serve unhealthy food that is filled with fat, sugar and salt.

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Of Epidemics And "Epidemics"

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obseity Epidemic, Center for Disease Control, Swine Flu Symptoms, Swine Flu Pandemic, Obesity Epidemic, Swine Flu, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mexico Swine Flu, Flu, Epidemic, Swine Flu Mexico, Obesity Healthcare, Obama Health Care, Health, Obesity Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

The current swine flu epidemic, with all of its gravitas, actually almost makes light of another "epidemic" that has afflicted millions in the U.S. for years and which shows no sign of subsiding: childhood obesity.

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What Do United Airlines, Obesity, and Preventive Medicine Have in Common?

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

Read More: The South Beach Diet Supercharged, High Blood Pressure, Obese Children, United Airlines, The South Beach Diet, Prediabetes, Obesity, Dr. Arthur Agatston, High Cholesterol, Airline Seats, Obese Passengers, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity Epidemic, Advanced Heart Disease, Overweight Americans, Diabetes, Living News
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

We need to support, not discriminate against, the obese in this country and we need to urge our government to provide the incentives to stop this health crisis in its tracks.

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As Obesity Rises, Our Military Shrinks

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Emergency Responders, Army, Obesity, Firefighters, U.S. Military, Obesity Epidemic, Emts, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

In what I think may be the most poignant picture of the obesity epidemic, it was reported today that 3 out of 4 military-age Americans are unfit for service.

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