Cure For Obesity
The Government Cure
[Humor]
The United States needs a "national plan to combat obesity," according to the authors of a report called "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America," by the Trust for America's Health.
I think that's an excellent idea. I remember President Johnson's War on Poverty and how successful that was, and I assume a national War on Obesity would wipe out obesity just as the War on Poverty wiped out poverty for all time and the War on Drugs solved the drug problem for a...
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By Jennifer Rackley , Health ExpertAs a nutritionist I am required to tell you that obesity is putting millions at risk for... Read more »
Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert...risks of maternal glycemia related to the risk of obesity in childhood was just published in... Read more »
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