Let’s Move.gov: Fighting Childhood Obesity With Diet and Excercise Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. […]
Sources: CNN, LiveScience.com A newborn in Texas has tipped the scales at just over 16 pounds at birth. But is giving birth to such a burly baby healthy? While we often hear about the health risks babies face when they are born too small, large babies face health complications as well, experts say. “Bigger is […]
Source: Project Special K.com We believe that “fat talk” is a barrier to weight management success and it’s time to ”shhhhut” it down. From “joking” about cankles to destructive self-deprecation, fat talk has become part of ordinary conversation, spoken without a second thought. We believe that fat talk is a barrier to managing our weight […]
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WINNER: Affordable Healthcare Act Healthy Young America Video Contest Back in August 2013, Young Invincibles, in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, launched the Healthy Young America Video Contest, an effort to mobilize young people to help educate and inform one another about the Affordable Care Act. Participants submitted their videos, the […]
WINNER: Affordable Healthcare Act Healthy Young America Video Contest Back in August 2013, Young Invincibles, in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, launched the Healthy Young America Video Contest, an effort to mobilize young people to help educate and inform one another about the Affordable Care Act. Participants submitted their videos, the […]