Did You Know That Canada Is Facing A Childhood Obesity Epidemic?

By George Stavrou In a report titled ‘Urban sprawl and its relationship with active transportation, physical activity and obesity in Canadian youth’ by Laura Seliske, William Pickett and Ian Janssen,…

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1 in 3 Americans Have High Blood Pressure

From Your Health Journal…..A great article from the Reporter Herald by Joyce Davis entitled 1 in 3 Americans have high blood pressure, but exercise and diet can help to reduce…

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Healthy Tip # 161

Another healthy tip courtesy of Michelle Hastie A Smart Health Resolution for 2013….. It’s a very simple concept for why resolutions don’t work. When people make resolutions they make an…

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Rewards Do Not Improve Kids Health

From Your Health Journal…..”I love articles by Reuters Health, and here is another great one to promote called Rewards get kids active, but don’t improve health by By Kerry Grens….

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Emeroy Bernardo – If I Knew Then What I Know Now

1. The message I would send to kids today that I wish I knew back then is that eating healthy doesn’t mean yucky food, it means as the cliche goes…

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Healthy Tip # 160

Another healthy tip courtesy of Marian Salzman A sample from Marian Salzman 2013 fitness trends….. The Gym Goes Home – Fitness Videos Are Back! If you think the fitness video…

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Heart Healthy Foods

From Your Health Journal…..”Another excellent article From ABC News via Prevention magazine written by Annie Underwood about heart healthy foods. Heart disease is still the number one killer in the…

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Healthy Tip # 159

Another healthy tip courtesy of Jillian McAfee Every year, the new year creeps up on us and we think to ourselves, “How has the year gone by so fast?” Twelve…

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Obesity Rate Swells In Alberta

From Your Health Journal…..”The Calgary Herald had a interesting article written by Eva Ferguson about the obesity rates growing in Alberta, Canada. Sedentary work, fast food and social media continue…

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Petrina Hamm – If I Knew Then What I Know Now

If I knew then what I know now, I would have never started drinking soda. I started drinking Pepsi during my childhood. For me, it turned into several decades long…

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