Former President Bill Clinton is a vegan! After several heart attack scares, bypass surgery, and more stents put in his veins to keep them open, he was told to make drastic changes in his diet. Moderate changes were not enough. On the advice of Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Caldwell Esseltyn Jr., both world renowned [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2011 by admin
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A new study shows that consumers are misled by the false health claims on cereal boxes. The study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University shows how consumers believe that certain cereals are more nutritious than they really are based on the health claims on the front of box label. [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2011 by admin
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Children and juice consumption has been on my mind lately due in part to a nutritional analysis I have been participating in for the last eight months. Through our school, we were hooked up with a nutritional student who followed what our youngest daughter ate and drank. The idea was to gather information about peoples [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by admin
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Want to get your kids eating healthy? Try not to dictate what to eat, rather offer a wide variety of healthy foods to empower your children to make good food choices.
Here are nine proven approaches to guiding your kids food choices:
• Be a role model. Kids will eat what you eat…eventually. They may [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2011 by admin
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Watch For The Signs Of Childhood Obesity
What’s your child waist line? The recent study confirmed that the size of the waist is a good indicator of one’s cardiovascular health. The waist line better projects one’s health rather than weight, height, and body mass index. This is confirmed by the recent study among children.
Because [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2011 by admin
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Concerns About Childhood Obesity Is Growing
You know what a food pyramid is. In fact, there is a great chance that your kid also knows what it is. To promote a healthy diet then you should start taking concern of what the pyramid tells you. Food pyramid was created by the US Department of Agriculture to [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2010 by admin
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It is estimated that 5 to 25 percent of kids are suffering from childhood obesity. Problem is, studies further confirm that the amount of kids suffering from this deadly disease is bound to increase particularly because of the increasing trend it is undergoing right now. Basically, obesity is defined as the accumulation of excessive body [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2010 by admin
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Yale Nutrition Expert says Industry’s Actions Don’t Live up to Their Promises
Not much of a surprise here. My kids do not watch network TV shows. They watch movies and some OnDemand children cable programming (PBS for Kids). But once in awhile they will catch network commercials when visiting a friend’s home. Luckily, they don’t pressure [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2010 by admin
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Watch Your Weight, And Pass The Cheese
The Department of Agriculture spends millions to get Americans to eat more dairy products.
There’s something not right here.
Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies.
Then help arrived from an [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2010 by admin
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So my kid is chubby. What’s the big deal? Her baby fat will melt away as she grows, right? Maybe. With one-third of Americans considered obese it’s time to pay more attention to family meals, portion control, and meals having nutritional value. If your child seems tired all the time, or seems always sick, then [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by admin
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