Unfortunately, as more children join their parents on the overweight and obesity list, weight management is becoming a family affair. Hectic lifestyles are partially to blame for the obesity epidemic in America. Busy schedules leave little or no time to prepare healthy meals, which is one reason why American families are eating more processed, high fat, no nutrition convenience foods. And snacking is one of the main contributors to this problem. Read the Baltimore Sun article.
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This week on Swoop’s World Radio we welcome the New Year with a commitment to better health and wellness. Preventative care is your best health care. Our guest will inform and inspire you regardless of your current commitment to your health. Tune in and hear Tom O’Keefe and Shannon Paul provide us with steps to an improved healthy lifestyle in 2010. Read the story on Swoop’s World.
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Used to make everything from sweet ice cream to rich red jam, dipped in chocolate or eaten fresh with a dollop of sweet cream, there’s just no way to deny that strawberries are a favorite food the whole world over. Of course, strawberries don’t just taste good, this desert-like fruit is incredibly healthy too. Read the Healthy Journey Story
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It has never been easy to tell what’s healthy or unhealthy in processed foods. And things may have gotten a bit trickier since an industry-backed program started calling Froot Loops—which is 41 percent sugar—a “Smart Choice.”
When you eat an apple or carrot or bowl of steel-cut oatmeal, you know what you are eating—an apple or carrot or steel-cut oats. That’s not the case with ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, cookies, frozen dinners, or any of the thousands of other processed foods. Think of these as terra incognita, and the ingredient list on the package as your map to it. But like an old pirate map, some ingredient lists are designed to confuse and muddle rather than lead you to the treasure. The biggest sleight of hand involves sugar…Read the Harvard School of Public Health Article
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THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) — While physicians and surgeons are getting better at treating heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, too many Americans are ignoring the basic rules for preventing them, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association.
Topping the list: too little exercise, too much weight.
In fact, 59 percent of adults surveyed last year reported no activity vigorous enough to prompt sweating and a significant increase in breathing or heart rate, according to the update. The findings are…Read the Medline Plus Article
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Unfortunately, as more children join their parents on the overweight and obesity list, weight management is becoming a family affair. Hectic lifestyles are partially to blame for the obesity epidemic in America. Busy schedules leave little or no time to prepare healthy meals, which is one reason why American families are eating more processed, high fat, no nutrition convenience foods. And snacking is one of the main contributors to this problem. Read the Baltimore Sun article.
