Information and opinions on health from Sara at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/816733/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/816733/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/816733/index http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/137487/chat-wellnation Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:08:00 -0400 Sara Much has been made of the burgeoning obesity crisis in America, as well it should be. Consider this: the 2009 Obesity in America report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that our thinnest state - Colorado with a 19 percent obesity rate - is actually fatter than our fattest state in 1980 - Mississippi with a 15 percent obesity rate. Study after study confirms what, by now, should be a well-established fact of our... http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/137487/chat-wellnation http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/110878/digestive-colon Tue, 04 May 2010 15:09:00 -0400 Sara Obesity's affect on everyday wellness and health has been well studied and thoroughly documented. Now, new research suggests that obesity can cause complications in certain types of surgery and can more than double a patient's risk of developing colon cancer later in life.   One study, conducted by researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas followed 150 patients who underwent rectal cancer surgery. Of those... http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/110878/digestive-colon http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/106522/community Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:31 -0400 Sara An article in the New York Times this week cited a study by the STOP Obesity Alliance, which found that physicians and patients often have difficutly communicating with each other about weight loss, both when it is necessary and how to go about it.    Specifically, only 39 percent of obese patients surveyed were told by a health care provider that they were obese.  How do you communicate with you physician or health care... http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/106522/community http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/105498/community Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:55:00 -0500 Sara The New York Times published an article presenting research that suggests small caloric changes do not impact weight loss in obese people.  What are your thoughts on this idea?  Do small changes help your weight loss journey, or does one cookie or one bag of potato chips have no impact on your diet?   Be Well! http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/105498/community http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/99874/made-share Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:13:16 -0500 Sara We've all started our New Year's Resolutions...or if you're anything like me, you've been making and breaking new ones for the last four days.    So what are you resolutions?  Air them out here (even the non-weight related ones).   Find the Zen in 2010! Sara http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/99874/made-share http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/96902/question-week Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:17:28 -0500 Sara We all know that the holidays are where diets go to die.  How do you plan on getting through the holidays without busting your waist line?  What strategies have worked in the past?  Which didn't work so well?     http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/96902/question-week http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/95246/master-fate Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:12 -0500 Sara I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.   I went to see the movie "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire" on Sunday. It was a heartbreaking, painful, gut wrenching and important movie; and I totally recommend that everyone go see it.   But that's not what this post is about. During the previews for ‘Precious,' a preview for the upcoming Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon film, "Invictus" was rolled. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/95246/master-fate http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/94608/question-week Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:00 -0500 Sara What is the hardest obstacle to over come when trying to lose weight and how do you get past it?  (i.e. lack of motivation, hunger, stress, lack of time) http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/94608/question-week http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/93345/question-week Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:59 -0500 Sara What sort of diets, strategies, lifestyle changes have you attempted in the past to lose weight? Why did they work/fail for you? http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/816733/93345/question-week