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Chris Christie's Weight: Can You Be Obese And Healthy?
Health & Wellness  (tags: news, diet, food, health, obesity, study, protection, prevention, interesting )

Cal
- 104 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
When former White House physician Dr. Connie Mariano expressed concern that Chris Christie's weight may make him unfit for office and could be a deciding factor in his potential presidential candidacy in 2016, the New Jersey Governor came out swinging.
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The Five Worst Children's Hospital Food Environments
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, hospitals, diet, cafeteria, junk food, health risk, obesity, diabetes, heart disease )

Angelika
- 104 days ago - pcrm.org
Children's hospitals are supposed to help fight disease But many also host fast-food restaurants and cafeterias that seem to go against the hospital's mission to keep kids healthy. Patient menus feature high-fat, meat-heavy items that put children at risk
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Please Sign!! PreventObesity.Net | Connect. Organize. Lead.
Health & Wellness  (tags: obesity, nickelodeon, disney, nutritional guides, children, diet, food, health, prevention )

Tamara
- 118 days ago - act.preventobesity.net
Tell Nickelodeon to follow Disney's lead and set strong nutritional guidelines for the foods and beverages advertised to children via its media outlets.
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Working Overtime May Increase Risk of Obesity
Health & Wellness  (tags: obesity, health, women, research, medicine, humans, diet, study, interesting )

Carrie
- 230 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Do you put extra hours in at work? Do you pick up extra shifts to generate overtime pay? Does the ever-growing pile of work on your desk cause you to stay late or come in early in an attempt to stay on top of things? Do you cut yourself short on sleep...
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The Natural Sweetener That Makes People Fat | Care2 Healthy Living
Health & Wellness  (tags: HFCS, corn syrup, genetically modified, fructose, obesity, sweetener, unhealthy, disease, food additives )

Thubten
- 243 days ago - care2.com
Corn syrup is the sugar extracted from corn. When isolated it is not and never has been healthy, but as corn is now almost entirely genetically modified, it is even worse for us. The fructose in high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) converts to fat stores...
22 comments
Tell Progresso to Stop Using BPA -- a Chemical That Has Been Linked to Cancer and Obesity -- in Its Soup Cans.
Health & Wellness  (tags: Progresso, soup, cans, bisphenol, BPA, Scientists, cancer, obesity, diabetes, heart, diseasefood, illness, prevention )

Reggie
- 328 days ago - change.org
Progresso lines its soup cans with bisphenol A, or BPA. Scientists have long warned of BPA's link to cancer, but a new study has found that it's related to obesity and diabetes as well.
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Is a Soda Tax a Good Idea?
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, diabetes, disease, food, health, prevention, obesity, tooth decay )

Kit
- 338 days ago - motherjones.com
Driving this surge was the rise of cheap high-fructose corn syrup, used heavily by the beverage industry beginning in the early 1980s, the consumption of which went from 19 pounds annually per capita in 1980 to more than 60 pounds by 1999.
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The Green Coffee Bean: A Miracle Weight-Loss Drug?
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, diet, protection, news, obesity, medicine, study, food, interesting, prevention, humans, research )

Cal
- 419 days ago - theweek.com
An extract made from unprocessed beans might be a powerful yet affordable tool to help people shed pounds, and lots of them
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NEWS YOU CAN USE: Gaining Weight? Maybe It's Your Medicine
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine, study, healthcare, health, obesity, society, protection, drugs, Body-Mind-Spirit, AlternativeMed )

Cal
- 468 days ago - rd.com
If you're gaining weight for no reason or having trouble losing it, check the contents of your medicine cabinet.
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The Mother Who Exposed the Links Between Obesity and Common Chemicals
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, health, healthcare, obesity, chemicals, diet, medicine, humans, science, study )

Cal
- 496 days ago - theecologist.org
A growing interest in the links between exposure to chemicals and obesity is a testament in part to the pioneering work of Dr Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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Drinking This "Popular Poison" Is Worse Than Smoking
Health & Wellness  (tags: soda, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, soft drinks, diabetes, heart disease, obesity )

Ellyn
- 548 days ago - articles.mercola.com
Soda, which is loaded with sugar primarily in the form of high fructose corn syrup, is a leading contributor to the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases facing Americans.
40 comments
Childhood Obesity - The Future of Children - Blog
Health & Wellness  (tags: Childhood, Obesity, Percentage, Increases )

Olivia
- 553 days ago - blogs.princeton.edu
The percentage of obese children doubled by 1994 and tripled by 2002 according to Future of Children authors, Patricia Anderson and Kristin Butcher's calculations from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
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Prevent Obesity! Take Action!
Health & Wellness  (tags: obesity, children, diet, ethics, food, government, health, humans, interesting, nutrition, prevention, protection, safety )

Lindsey
- 589 days ago - wfc2.wiredforchange.com
Marketing to kids is a multi-BILLION dollar industry. That's why new guidelines proposed by the government are asking companies to limit what foods and beverages they market to kids to ensure that they meet standard nutritional requirements.PETITION
35 comments
ACTION ALERT: Ban the Obesity Causing Food Additive Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)! PLEASE SIGN !
Health & Wellness  (tags: msg, food additivve, obesity, illnes, health, congress, food, investigation, warning, risks )

Simone
- 618 days ago - forcechange.com
Whether labeled as a flavor enhancer, spice or more perniciously as a catalyst of multiple ailments -including migraines, chest pains, seizures and brain lesions- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) has undoubtedly been the controversial focal point.
31 comments
ACTION ALERT: Fight Childhood Obesity By Banning Toys From Unhealthy Kids Meals in New York! PLEASE SIGN !
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, children, unhealthy, kid meals, new york, obesity, welfare, food, prevention )

Simone
- 640 days ago - forcechange.com
Every year, the American fast food industry sells more than $5 billion in kids meals - the big draw, of course, being the small toy usually included with the standard burger and fries.
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