Americans are exercising more, but obesity is still rising
Friday 6th April 2018
IT’S OFTEN SAID that you can’t outrun a bad diet. The American Heart Association even adopted it as a slogan and put it on a poster in 2015. The argument goes that even if you…
Striving for consistency, not perfection
Friday 23rd March 2018
WE ALL HAVE friends who espouse nuggets of wisdom that impact our views and our actions. Our entire life, in fact, is filled with these nuggets, and the value of them is often defined by…
Our fear of offense is killing people
Friday 16th March 2018
‘BODY POSITIVITY’ IS one of the buzzwords of the day. It encourages people to adopt more forgiving and affirming attitudes towards their bodies and to the bodies of others, with the goal of improving overall…
Our obesity crisis is a threat to national security
Friday 2nd March 2018
DURING A RECENT visit with a cardiologist, I was told something I hadn’t heard before. The majority of people, he said, aren’t afraid to die––they’re afraid of suffering during the process. That’s why, he told…
The forgotten dangers of diabetes
Friday 16th February 2018
IT ISN’T A secret that obesity can lead to a host of life-threatening conditions, including type-2 diabetes. It’s also no secret that diabetes comes with its own serious implications for health. But these facts are…
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