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Soda Is the New Right-Wing Issue--and Fatsos the New Base

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michael Wolff, Soda, Soda Tax, Right Wing, Obesity, Health Care, Overweight, Politics News
Michael Wolff

The soda tax is being tried out as a potential wedge issue, a populist theme. Super groovy cool self-satisfied yuppie people don't drink soda. But gross fat compulsive lacking-all-self-control normal Americans do.

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Cycling or Walking to School Will Not Be Tolerated!

William Volk | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Bicycle, Bicycling, Obesity, Cycling, Fitness, School Health, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
William Volk

More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.

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Sweet Scam Group Hits Back At New York Health Initiatives (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc Health Department, New York, Lobbying, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Non-Profit, Fat, Obesity, When Did Big Apple Become Big Brother, Junk Food, Sugar, Center for Consumer Freedom, Video, Advertising, Health, Sweet Scam, New York News

In light of all of Mayor Bloomberg's recent health initiatives, the non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom is asking, "When did the Big Apple become B...

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Intolerable Cruelty: Our Sick Children's Indebted Future

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Federal Bailouts, Gas, Federal Budget Deficit, Children, Oil, Diabetes, Obesity, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Food Prices, Federal Budget, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

In 1946, Harry Truman said, "A nation is only as healthy as its children." What have we done to ours?

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TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex, Violence, Drugs, Teen Sex, Tv, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, TV Advertising, Teenagers, Teenage Tv Consumption, Television, Unhealthy Lifestyle, Kids and Guns, Guns, Living News
Michelle Howard

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

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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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The Pepsi Generation: Fat, Poorer and Diabetic

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Soda, Central Valley, Gavin Newsom, Personal Health, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pepsi, Coke, Politics, Health Care Reform, Sacramento, Obesity, San Francisco, Health Care, California, Living News
Joel Epstein

With the link between soda and obesity now conclusive, consider the damage being done to our children. There should be a fee on soda and other sweetened beverages.

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Real Health Care Reform Begins in the Kitchen

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Junk Food, Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Dr Dean Ornish, Health Care Reform, Plant-Based Diet, Webmd, Heart Disease, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Natural Foods, Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, Living News
Christina Pirello

For the life of me, I can't figure out why every single American isn't eating a healthy diet. I can't believe that there's one person who wants to be fat, at risk of disease, lethargic, foggy and achy.

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Learning to Eat Less: How Understanding Your Brain Can Make You Healthier

Darya Pino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: David Kessler, Huffpost Books, Obesity, The End of Overeating, Living News
Darya Pino

To break the cycle of conditioned hypereating we must redirect our automatic response to the kinds of foods that cause us to overeat.

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New Rule: You Can't Complain About Health Care Reform If You're Not Willing to Reform Your Own Health

Bill Maher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obesity Crisis, Teabaggers, Health Care Debate, Burger King, Health, Fast Food, Health Care Reform, Obesity, Health Care, Surgeon General, Comedy News
Bill Maher

Unlike most liberals, I'm glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week. Because judging from the photos, it's the first exercise they've gotten in years.

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Why Stress Makes You Fat

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity, Medicine, Women's Health, Powerwomentv, Stress Reduction, Healthcare, Living News
Dr. Erika Schwartz

We are suffering ever-growing rates of obesity and worsening health caused by weight problems. Stress is a leading cause of this modern-day epidemic.

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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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Anxious Kids At Risk For Obesity In Adulthood

forbes.com | Thomas F. Cooley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Obesity, Anxiety, Health, Risk, Obese, Emotional Difficulties, Anxiety and Kids, Anxiety and Children, Living News

Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found....

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The 9/12 D.C. Cattle Drive

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: 9/12 Tea Party March, 9/12, Obesity, 9/12 March on Washington, Comedy News
Ian Gurvitz

The protesters demanded their right as hard-working Americans to be dropped by their insurance companies when they get sick, and gouged by pharmaceutical companies for the Diabetes drugs they'll soon need.

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Daily Affirmations

Steven Weber | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Obesity, America, Politics News
Steven Weber

It's not that people need to take back government. It's that they first have to take back themselves.

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Forget a "Fat Tax." Tax the Fat.

John Ridley | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gyms, Jolt Cola, Cdc, Fat, Cola, Obesity, Fat People, Fat Tax, Macdonalds, Center for Disease Control, Medical Costs, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Doritos, Health Care, Health Statistics, Politics News
John Ridley

With all the talk -- and screaming and gun-toting -- that's going on around the health care reform debate, maybe the answer is orbiting our ever-expanding guts.

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Is Your Sleep Deprivation Leading You to Diabetes?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Diabetes, Weight, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Exhaustion, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Two fascinating studies that just came out prove a link between sleep deprivation and diabetes.

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6 Billion Pounds Overweight: Dr. Ian Smith Gives America a Kick in the Tush.

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Ian Smith, Weight Loss Coach, Life Coach, Shopping, 4 Day Diet, Weight Loss, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Washington DC, United States, Health, Obesity, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News
Janice Taylor

"The food industry has huge culpability as to why we in America find ourselves where we are," Dr. Ian said. "The food industry is not a non-profit agency. They are in it for the profits."

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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Could the Obesity Fight Backfire?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Eating Disorders, Obesity, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

In a recent study, more than half the women trying to lose weight were not overweight. Why do people who are not overweight think they need to lose weight?

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Eat Now, Pay Later. But Who Is Paying and for What? Police the Potato Chips!

Helene Pavlov | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Obese Children, Dr Helene Pavlov, Obesity, Hospital for Special Surgery, Journal of Health Affairs, The New York Times, Living News
Helene Pavlov

Why, in a time when all we hear is news about the trouble with obesity, are people NOT eating healthy?

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NYC Health Department Gives Beverage Industry a Kick in Their Sugary Tush

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Beverage Industry, New York City Health Department, Janice Taylor, Stroke, Diabetes, Sugar Industry, Food Industry, Obesity, Heart Disease, New York News
Janice Taylor

According to the American Heart Association, Americans now consume on average 22 teaspoons of sugar per day, or 355 calories.

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Fed Up: A Back to School Plan for Healthier Lunches

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Obesity, Children, Health Care, Health, Childhood Obesity, Senate Agriculture and Nutrition Committee, New York, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Nearly 17% of all children are obese. This is much more than an individual or family problem. It's a pressing national crisis.

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Feeling Overweight? Congratulations!

Kiri Westby | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Self-Esteem, Nepal, Paradigm Shift, Dieting, Kiri Westby, Self-Confidence, Health, Weight Loss, Obesity, Overweight, Living News
Kiri Westby

Wouldn't it be great if we looked at each others' spare-tires as signs of abundance and joy and, along the same vein, recognize that our friends who appear too thin may actually need extra moral support?

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New York Health Department Rolls Out New Anti-Soda, Liquid Calories Ads (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Soft Drinks, Advertising, Soda Calories, Soda, Slidepoll, New York Subway, Are You Pouring on the Pounds, Liquid Calories, Obesity, New York Health, Subway Ads, New York Health Department, New York News

New York wants to know if you're "pouring on the pounds." On Monday, the Health Department rolled out their new ad campaign targeting liquid calori...

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