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It’s Not the Weather
Here is an article that shows several medical statistics, State by State. According to the article, the Midwest of the US and the South of the US are the fattest, sickest parts of the nation. If you read the comment … Continue reading
Eye Catching Headlines
As a blogger about weight loss and nutrition I get sent a lot of very interesting news from around the English-speaking world. Yesterday I was shown this article, under this headline: Fat people don’t need ’empowerment’, they just need to … Continue reading
I Wish It Were That Easy
In this morning’s New York Times I read a terrific article “Americans Are Finally Eating Less”, describing a downward trend in recent years in our consumption of less calories than in years past. The article is good news on several fronts. … Continue reading
Profit Motivates
Before 2013 obesity was a description. In 2013 the AMA voted to consider it a disease instead. The reason that they did it, of course, is that thirty percent of Americans are obese and doctors across the nation wanted to … Continue reading
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Fighting Big Media
I could point out to you one hundred health or food articles from last month that make sure to mention, at least once, the conventional wisdom that you should make efforts to lower the dietary fat in your foods. I … Continue reading
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Tagged carbohydrates, diabetes, eating healthy, high blood Pressure, high blood sugar, losing weight, low fat, obesity, western diseases
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Cure Obesity Instead
In the New York Times yesterday there is news that the FDA has approved a new medical device for treating obesity. Treat obesity. Huh? Not cure obesity, let’s treat it. Obesity is a symptom, so treating obesity is like treating … Continue reading
Biggest Loser
Telling the world that all a person has to do to lose weight is eat less or work more, because it’s just basic physics is a mistake. It is a mistake because it makes the person who that doesn’t work for … Continue reading
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Tagged best diet, diet, how to lose weight, losing weight, obesity, weight watchers
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If You Are Obese…
If you are obese, you are not to blame. More and more people are becoming obese, the most recent figures say every third person is obese. So many people are obese, it is just not possible that it can be … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, obesity, obesity education, overweight, public opinion
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Who Knows?
Seventy percent of US residents are overweight. Way back in 2008 it was estimated that obesity costed our health care system 150 billion dollars. Health care hasn’t gotten cheaper in the last six years, nor have less people become obese … Continue reading
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YOUR National Institute of Health The health section of this site has a search gadget on it, and of the nine words you could pick as favorite searches, five of them are concerning losing weight. While this sounds like a big … Continue reading
