On Tuesday as we all know, there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti.  Is it connected to the floor that collapsed in a building on Wednesday?  No, that was the floor in the Weight Watchers weigh in room and the 20 people there thought that it was an earthquake.  They now realize even more how [...]

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Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school’s researchers [...]

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New research shows “alarming levels” of obesity in most ethnic groups in the United States, principal investigator Dr. Gregory L. Burke, of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina told Reuters Health. The study also confirms the potentially deadly toll obesity exacts on the heart and blood vessels.
“The obesity epidemic has the potential to reduce further [...]

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I am an Ambassador of Fitness. Will you join me in my quest?
Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor from Reuters Health News wrote an article August 28, parts of which I will quote here:
Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a [...]

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