The obesity rate may be steadily increasing over the years, but it seems that most Americans don’t care. In fact, what we think of as our “ideal weight” has also increased over the past 20 years, reflecting a rising acceptance of being heavier.
A new Gallup poll of over 1,000 adults found that the average American weighs about 20 pounds more than the average American did 20 years ago. [...]
New studies show that weight shouldn’t be the only factor when determining whether or not someone is unhealthy. In fact, the studies show, certain obese people may actually be healthy.
The first study surveyed 8,000 Americans and found that not all those who qualified as obese – over 30 on the BMI scale - had health problems. [...]
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Recently, a very provocative Marie Claire blogger expressed her feelings about “Mike & Molly,” a TV show that follows two obese people falling in love.
“I think I’d be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other. [...]
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Chris Pizzello, AP
One of the last, acceptable forms of bigotry — acceptable in some quarters, anyway — is against fat people. But maybe not after the uproar over Marie Claire magazine blogger Maura Kelly’s piece about “Mike & Molly,” a TV show that follows two people falling in love, who both happen to be obese. [...]
We all know that unhealthy living or having an illness can make you feel down, but a new report from the Centers for Disease Control says these issues lead to clinical depression in a large number of Americans. The organization underscored chronic conditions like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes as well as unhealthy lifestyle choices like smoking, physical inactivity, or binge drinking as causes of depressive disorder, which it says currently affects almost 10 percent of Americans. [...]
I was surprised when a friend of mine stopped into a combo KFC/Taco Bell this weekend. And since she was acting like we were on a covert spy mission, she must have been a bit surprised herself. While she went in and bought a value meal, I had to play lookout in case anyone we knew walked by. [...]
Despite the best efforts of everyone from Jamie Oliver to the first lady to yours truly, Americans continue to get more obese. Last year, obesity rates rose in more than half of US states, according to a new study by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. [...]
The new dietary guidelines proposed by the Department of Agriculture seem a lot like Michael Pollan’s mantra: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” The proposed guidelines – which are updated every five years – seem to take aim at America’s obesity crisis. Current figures indicate that one-third of all Americans are obese, with even more individuals being considered overweight. [...]
Filed under: Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment The finale of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” ended on a truthful, if not entirely positive, note. Jamie admitted that the school lunch program had begun to reintroduce processed foods back into the system and that brown bag lunches had increased because the kids didn’t like the new food as much as the old food. [...]
Filed under: Celebs & EntertainmentLast Friday night’s “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” was a feel good show where kids were given information and allowed to make choices. Happily, they made the right choices.
Early in the show, Jamie talked about the number of years that a school lunch program impacts a child’s life. [...]
