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13 Reasons Why Banning ‘Pig Gulp’ Sodas In NYC Isn’t Such A Bad Idea by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The Village Voice….. I’m not a fan of Mayor Bloomberg. In fact, I’m often heard railing against the mayor’s real estate policies, which have seen ugly condo tower ... Read on »
To Sip Or Gulp by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The New York Times….. Gas guzzlers, McMansions, Walmart, Costco: If one thing is certain about American consumer culture it is that bigger is better, especially i ... Read on »
Childhood Obesity Dominant Issue At UVa Research Symposium by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From NewsPlex….. Research from the UVa Children’s Hospital is on display as doctors and students share their latest work in the efforts to keep kids healthy. Some ... Read on »
Soda Taxes by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The Hill….. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) suggested that a ban on large soda drinks instituted in New York by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) was ... Read on »
What Causes Childhood Obesity? – Part 11 by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As many of my regular viewers to this web blog know, there are many factors contributing to childhood obesity. I post daily here about it, whether news print articles, op ... Read on »
Fitness Centers Fighting Childhood Obesity by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From the Huntley Patch….. Centegra HealthBridge is helping combat childhood obesity in McHenry County by lowering its fitness center membership age to 12 years old and ... Read on »
The Role Model In You – Hoang Uyen Nguyen, Sports Television by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Hoang Uyen Nguyen As part of my new web series, The Role Model In You, here is my most recent interview. The Role Model In You series discusses how individual ... Read on »
Childhood Obesity Needs Comprehensive Solution by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From EMC….. Recently, the provincial government announced an ambitious goal of reducing child obesity rates by 20 per cent over the next five years. Many commentators ... Read on »
National Senior Health & Fitness Day May 30 by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The North County Times….. I’ll take a break in my children’s health posts for a senior citizen health and fitness event! The 19th annual National Senior Healt ... Read on »
The Simple Secret To A Healthy Life by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The Irish Times….. WE ARE constantly bombarded with advice on a healthy lifestyle. We are led to believe that this is a complex area and that it is easy to make m ... Read on »
Why It Is In Our Best Economic Interest to Fight Obesity by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From Care 2….. There’s little doubt that obesity—having a body mass index count higher than 30, when a healthy number is between 18.5 and 24.9—and its negative health ... Read on »
College Students’ Weighty Choices Bring Obesity To Forefront by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From the Chestertown Fly….. Control over their live choices is part of the college experience for students. But that authority is not without cost: Schedules are jamme ... Read on »
What Causes Childhood Obesity? – Part 8 by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As many of my regular viewers to this web blog know, there are many factors contributing to childhood obesity. I post daily here about it, whether news print articles, op ... Read on »
Battling Childhood Obesity – With Project ACES by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From Fox 6 TV….. At first glance, one might think kids at Cherry Creek Elementary School in Chocolay Township were just playing around, but it turns out they may have ... Read on »
McDonald’s Investors Reject Obesity Report by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From TVNZ….. McDonald’s investors soundly rejected a shareholder proposal that would have required the world’s biggest fast-food chain to assess its impact on childhoo ... Read on »
Essential Resources About Childhood Obesity In Canada by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From South Asia Mail….. Active Healthy Kids Canada: A national group focused on influencing stakeholders to build better programs and policies to increase physical act ... Read on »
Tips For Fighting Childhood Obesity by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The Bismarck Tribune….. Obesity has become a serious medical condition affecting children, adolescents and adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control an ... Read on »
The Role Model In You – Steve Capoccia, Warner Communications by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Steve Capoccia As part of my new web series, The Role Model In You, here is my most recent interview. The Role Model In You series discusses how individuals w ... Read on »
What Causes Childhood Obesity? – Part 7 by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health As many of my regular viewers to this web blog know, there are many factors contributing to childhood obesity. I post daily here about it, whether news print articles, op ... Read on »
Unfit Kids by Len S. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health From The Windsor Star….. ast week the province put together a 17-member panel of experts and gave them an impossible task: Find a way to reduce childhood obesity rates ... Read on »