Fat Americans and Our Fat, Fat Babies

Baby Fat May Predict Childhood Obesity
(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - The fight against Childhood Obesity may begin as early as when the child is an infant, according to a new study. WebMD Health News recently reported that the study concluded babies who weighed the most at 9 months old were usually among the heaviest when they reached 2 years old. Head researcher Brian Moss of Wayne State University in Detroit said that doesn't mean overweight babies will be obese adults. He said, though that it could predict Obesity later in childhood. D...

Obesity: A national security threat?
Is the Childhood Obesity epidemic in the U.S. a threat to National Security? "Oh, yes," said Maj. Gen. Paul Monroe, retired from the U.S. Army. CNN Radio's Jim Roope talked with Monroe and an Army recruiter to examine the issue. Monroe, with the group Mission: Readiness, released a study saying the Obesity rate among Children and teens - one in three according to the CDC - is a threat. "The Military found that one in four recruits are not eligible because of weight," he ...

Jillian Michaels plans to focus on organic farms, other health-related projects
When NBC's hit reality fitness series, "The Biggest Loser," kicks off on Jan. 4 for Season 11, it will be the last time fans get to see trainer Jillian Michaels whip people into shape. The 36-year-old recently announced on Twitter that this season will be her last, saying that she's ready to pass the torch to someone else and move on. "When I look at the platform I was able to have because of the show, I wonder what else I could be doing with it or should be doing with it," she told People magaz...

Cory Booker: Hypocrisy
2010 was a challenging year. Our city, like so many others, faced extraordinary obstacles brought about by the worst economy in decades. Fiscal hardship unrivaled since the early 1970s forced painful decisions. Further, after four years of double digit percentage drops in shootings in Newark, shootings rose compared to 2009. Finally, at the end of the year, after our largest police union refused to make any concessions to avoid layoffs - even ones worth as little as $50 to each of its members ...

Added diet incentive: Years melt away with the pounds
Losing weight may be the new Fountain of Youth: It makes you look and feel younger. So say several dieters who have been featured in the USA Today Weight-Loss Challenge and Obesity experts who study Weight Loss. Tom Slater, 42, of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, who now weighs 162 pounds, down from a high of 288, says his face looked "swollen" when he was heavier, "almost like I had been stung by 1,000 bees. "When you have so much excess weight, your face shows it most," Slater says. He started to look you...

We're out of control . . .
Wonder why you have already broken all your New Year's resolutions? Do not blame yourself -- heaven forbid. Enlist modern sophistication, and blame your brain's frontal cortex, affluence, the Internet (the ``collapse of delay between impulse and action'') and ``the democratization of temptation.'' Those phrases are from Daniel Akst, a novelist and essayist whose book We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess notes that the problems of freedom and affluence -- of ``managing desire ...

Chad is world leader in chest pain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new survey of Chest Pain reports worldwide finds that the most afflicted country is the African nation of Chad, where 24 percent of the population has chest pain. The study, which included 52 countries, also showed that the fatter you are, the more likely you are to develop chest pain, or angina pectoris. Angina shares the same Risk Factors as other types of Cardiovascular Disease, such as stroke and Heart Disease, and is itself a risk factor for Heart Disease, stu...

Fat Babies Are Offending the Dietitians of America
​Nobody likes a skinny baby. Babies are supposed to be cute and chubby, the perfect size for stashing in medium-sized flowerpots! There's a reason the phrase "baby fat" exists as its own pudginess qualifier, and it's also why there's no need to categorize "adult fat." Adult fat = bad. Baby fat = good. To a point. But as we trend toward an increasingly obese, and Obesity-paranoid, society, chubby babies have come under fire as a new scourge of these modern times. According to the latest ...

Government in our kitchen. We're just too fat.
 Let's face it. We can't live our lives responsibly.  A good example of freedom run amok is how fat we've all become. Terrible. 'Give me liberty or give me death' use to be a great motto in the times when society used to hunt for squirrels. Now we have McDonalds. Liberty is now so yesterday. Give me government or I'll die of Cheeseburger Overdose. Liberty shmiberty. To ring in 2011, let's raise a toast in unison to proclaim the most frequently made New Year's resolution. Then promptly ...

Study finds what bodybuilders have known for 60 years: Protein key in dieting
How much money must be spent on these studies before researchers start talking to the bodybuilding community that has known these facts for the better part of a century now? From the AP via The Detroit News: Study: Protein key in dieting More turkey, less white bread and mashed potatoes. Just in time for holiday feasting, a large study found that diets higher in protein and lower in Carbohydrates can help overweight adults who have managed to drop some weight keep it off...

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"I think one of the biggest misconceptions when we talk about Obesity in general is that obese people are obese largely because of their lifestyles and because of the way that they live," Dr. Arya Sharma of the University of Alberta, told CBC News. [Sharma is the chair of Obesity research and management at the University of Alberta and medical director of the Weight Wise program at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital.] Sharma points to studies where people's eating and activity are carefully mon...

Most Americans Say They Eat Well, But They Don't
Like this Story? Share it: Are you eating right? See the government's guidelines, calculate your body mass index and quiz yourself on healthy food choices. Have you consumed myths about diet and nutrition? Take these quizzes to find out. (CBS) Most people at the Grocery Store like to think they're filling their baskets with healthy choices, reports CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller. "I don't buy a lot of goodies," said one customer. "I keep away from the cake and the chocolate and stuff li...

Tina Tchen announced as Michelle Obama's new chief of staff
It's official --first lady Michelle Obama has a new Chief of Staff, the White House announced Wednesday. Tina Tchen, who Obama has known for two decades, will replace Susan Sher in leading Obama's East Wing staff. In her previous White House role, Tchen worked as the director of the Office of Public Engagement and headed the Council on Women and Girls, a role that she will keep. "Tina's tenure at the White House has focused on ensuring that communities across the country have a voice and a pre...

Tina Tchene announced as Michelle Obama's new chief of staff
It's official --first lady Michelle Obama has a new Chief of Staff, the White House announced Wednesday. Tina Tchen, who Obama has known for two decades, will replace Susan Sher in leading Obama's East Wing staff. In her previous White House role, Tchen worked as the director of the Office of Public Engagement and headed the Council on Women and Girls, a role that she will keep. "Tina's tenure at the White House has focused on ensuring that communities across the country have a voice an...

Neal Barnard, M.D.: The First Lady Wants You To Get Serious About Childhood Obesity
Late last year, after considerable division and debate, Congress took a baby step forward against Childhood Obesity. New Legislation gives schools more money, so that that slightly-more-expensive veggie burger might be in reach for schools that have only been able to afford the meaty variety up till now. The Legislation also clears some of the Junk Food out of vending machines. But as we have seen time and again, conquering childhood Obesity will require much more, including fundamental chang...

McDonnell, First Lady hit 'Skins fitness event minus McNabb, Haynesworth
McDonnell, First Lady to hit up 'Skins fitness event (McNabb, Haynesworth not on guest list). Gov. Bob McDonnell, fresh off his trip to NYC, will channel his inner Michelle Obama and join Redskins personnel at an event to promote healthy kids at Fred Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge on Thursday. The Governor and First Lady Maureen McDonnell will join ’Skins General Manager Bruce Allen, Linebacker Lorenzo Alexander, and Tanya Snyder, wife of Lightning Rod team owner Dan Snyder. The event is...

Richmond-area legislators pen their assembly wish lists
A Plastic Bag, pesky to farmers and fish, could cost you 20 pennies on grocery trips. Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, says he plans to propose a 20-cent tax on plastic bags that is meant to dissuade shoppers from using them in favor of reusable bags. His attempt to ban plastic bags last year was sacked after opposition from Retailers. He also wants to scratch the 80 mph benchmark for Reckless Driving after Gov. Bob McDonnell increased the speed limit on more stretches of Virginia highway to...

Richmond-area legislators pen their assembly wish lists
A Plastic Bag, pesky to farmers and fish, could cost you 20 pennies on grocery trips. Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, says he plans to propose a 20-cent tax on plastic bags that is meant to dissuade shoppers from using them in favor of reusable bags. His attempt to ban plastic bags last year was sacked after opposition from Retailers. He also wants to scratch the 80 mph benchmark for Reckless Driving after Gov. Bob McDonnell increased the speed limit on more stretches of Virginia highway to...

Chicago attorney picked as Michelle Obama aide
WASHINGTON -- First Lady Michelle Obama has chosen White House Staffer and longtime Chicagoan Tina Tchen as her new top aide. Tchen, 54, a Chinese American attorney, will replace another Chicago attorney, Susan Sher, as Obama's Chief of Staff. The appointment will be official at the end of January when Sher returns to the Windy City. Tchen's move to the East Wing, a promotion, comes after serving the West Wing in three roles. She was a deputy assistant to President Barack Obama, director of t...

Urban Explorers Expose City's Underbelly
In an incredible documentary titled "Undercity," urban explorers take us beneath the streets of New York City and uncover an entire world within. Pei-Sze Cheng reports. PATH train service on the Journal Square to 33rd Street line is suspended due to a car equipment problem. Earlier, police action shut down the 9th street station but the hub has since been... From Meteorologist Chris Cimino. In an incredible documentary titled "Undercity," urban explorers take us beneath the streets of New York C...

dotty editRabies is a serious concern in Pa.
The memo from state health officials went out last month to some Pennsylvania Veterinarians. The news about rabies, it said, was "not good." For the third straight year, Pennsylvania will likely top all other states in reported cases of rabies in domestic animals. Through November, the state reported 70 cases, surpassing its 2009 total of 65. "I am fairly sure our title will be held for a third year running of most rabid domestic animals in the U.S.," a regional veterinarian...

Family's suit claims sprouts caused illness
The family of a 16-year-old girl who claimed to be sickened by a meal from a South Holland Jimmy John's is suing the restaurant and a Downstate farm that grew the sprouts used on her sandwich. Lawyers for the Van Schouwen family filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court today accusing Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches and Tiny Greens Organic Farm with negligence, product liability and three other counts. They seek unspecified damages from the defendants. Reached on Wednesday afternoon, T...

Tree service, dirt bike trails and fighter jets: A sampling of federal expenditures in Georgia
WASHINGTON -- If you think of Government Spending, big-ticket programs like Social Security, highway maintenance and defense might come to mind. Ga. Politics news, helpful links PolitiFact Georgia » Kasim Reed: The city of Atlanta has $56 million in its reserves. But just like any household, the government's everyday expenses go much further than that, of course, and cover a wide array of products and services. An examination of recent government contract awards reveals just how far fede...

CDC: U.S. seat belt use up to 85 percent
ATLANTA, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Eighty-five percent of U.S. adults report that they always wear a Seat Belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, federal health officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said Seat Belt use has become the national norm, although Seat Belt use varies among states, with a high of 94 percent in Oregon and a low of 59 percent in North Dakota. A U.S. adult is treated in an emergency department for crash-related injuries every 1...

President Obama signs into law sweeping food safety bill expanding FDAs powers (Daily Caller)
On Tuesday, President Obama signed one of the most expansive food Regulation bills in living memory, giving the Food and Drug Administration sweeping Regulation powers over food production and distribution. The billion-dollar Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) quickly and quietly passed through the House and Senate in the final days of the Lame Duck session in response to recent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses throughout the United States. The FSMA is the most sweeping food safety systems ...