Preventing Childhood Obesity

From Your Health Journal…..”A great local story from an ABC affiliate (wear-tv) about preventing childhood obesity. Sometimes, all the great things that go on at the national level are quite…

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Type 1 Diabetes Rate Among Young Children Grew 70 Percent Over 2 Decades

From Your Health Journal…..”So much as been in the news regarding the rise of obesity in children, and how so many children have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, formally…

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The Truth About Weight Loss

From Your Health Journal…..”A great article recently in the LA Daily News by LeeAnn Weintraub called The Truth About Weight Loss. As mentioned many times here, there are many stories…

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10 Tips To Make Healthy Beverage Choices

From Your Health Journal…..”An excellent ‘tip’ sheet from ChooseMyPlate by the US Government on healthy beverage choices. Many times, I have blogged about drinking healthy, and even created a web…

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Reduce Obesity By Offering Choices

From Your Health Journal…..”A very interesting article recently by The Morning Call, written by Cass R. Sunstein – the article is called Reduce Obesity By Offering Consumer Choices. The article…

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Tackling Childhood Obesity

From the article…..”I found an interesting article from KUHF News about tackling childhood obesity written by Florian Martin. There are millions of obese or overweight children all over the United…

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Living At Higher Altitudes Tied To Lower Obesity Risk

From Your Health Journal…..A great article by Reuters that discusses how Living At Higher Altitudes Is Tied To Lower Obesity Risk. According to a new study, people in the United…

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Homework For Parents

From Your Health Journal…..”What an excellent story I recently found called Homework For Parents on a great web site I like to promote regularly called Philly Blurbs – the article…

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Putting Kids On The Biggest Loser Is A Bad Idea

From Your Health Journal…..”A very interesting article from The Huffington Post by Becky Hand entitled ‘Putting Kids On The Biggest Loser Is A Bad Idea‘. As most of you know,…

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Can Exercise Games Help Fight Child Obesity?

From Your Health Journal…..”A great article from the Chicago Tribune by Vicky Hallett via the The Washington Post entitled Can Exercise Games Help Fight Child Obesity? This is a hot…

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