Posts tagged as:

obesity

Jamie Olivers Food Revolution in Huntington West Virginia

March 30, 2010

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver went to Huntington, West Virginia, to start a food revolution by helping people eat better. The city has been listed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as the nation’s unhealthiest.

Read the full article →

High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Hypertension

November 16, 2009

The rate of obesity has sharply increased over the last 20 years as a result of High Fructose Corn Syrup being used in every day products that we consume. It has been shown that Americans are consuming more than 30% of fructose than 20 years ago and about four times more than a century ago.

Read the full article →

Few Adults Have Low Heart Disease Risk

September 28, 2009

According to research recently published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, fewer than 8% of all Americans can now be considered at low risk for heart disease.

Read the full article →

Chronic Disease Definition

September 25, 2009

A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Chronic diseases are noncommunicable and tend to be age related. It has been reported that 90% of seniors have at least one chronic disease, and 77% of them have two or more chronic diseases!

Read the full article →

Soda Pop And Obesity

September 24, 2009

The California Center For Public Health Advocacy is now reporting that for the first time they have scientific evidence that soda pop is one of the largest (if not the biggest) contributors to obesity in our society.

Read the full article →

Tax Sodapop

September 17, 2009

“The consumption of sodapop as it relates to the risk of chronic disease is clear”, as recently reported by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Read the full article →