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July 18th, 2008

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Generational Obesity Epidemic
Science Daily released an article this week, expressing concern that overweight women give birth to children who in turn become even heavier, thus creating a generational obesity epidemic. The article states:
“‘There is an obesity epidemic in the United States and it’s increasingly recognized as a worldwide phenomenon,” said Dr. Robert A. Waterland, […]

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July 3rd, 2008

Guest Post at Lively Women

I have a guest post up today at Lively Women about obesity. Click here to read the full article.
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June 23rd, 2008

Blog Carnival #1 - Weight Loss Tips

For our first edition of Weighting Line Blog Carnival, I asked you to share your best weight loss tips.

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June 23rd, 2008

Tired of Being Told to Exercise?

I’ll bet you’ve read article after article telling you that you need to exercise to lose weight. While I do believe exercise is important, I’ve often wondered if it isn’t overrated at times. Well, guess what? I could be right.

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May 21st, 2008

6 Ways To Commit Discrimination Against The Obese

This post comes on the heels of my reading this article this morning from USAToday.com: Weight discrimination could be as common as racial bias.
Have you ever walked by someone who was obviously overweight and felt your stomach lurch? Have you ever told or laughed at fat jokes? Weight discrimination is a topic that isn’t discussed […]

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April 23rd, 2008

S&H Theme Day: Obesity And Cancer

Did you know that obesity can lead to cancer? According to Cancer.gov’s website, around 41,000 new cases of cancer reported in the U.S. alone in 2002 was estimated to be due to obesity. I was totally unaware of this statistic until I recently did some research online. Another report shared that about 20% of deaths in women in the U.S. were due to overweight and obesity.

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