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Wellness as a Policy – a European Approach to Obesity Prevention
September 29, 2011 – 3:58 pm | 19 Comments
Wellness as a Policy – a European Approach to Obesity Prevention

By: Sara Suchy Let no American think for a moment that we are the only nation with a weight problem.  While the U.S. continues to grapple with a staggering and seemingly constant rise in obesity among adults and children over the last 30 or so years, Europe faces similar problems keeping their collective weight down, [...]

Obesity Numbers are Rising, What are we going to do about it?
October 25, 2010 – 11:55 am | One Comment
Obesity Numbers are Rising, What are we going to do about it?

Guest Post by Sara Suchy For two and a half days, I was lucky enough to be in a room with some of the best and brightest minds in research, public health, education, marketing, the food and beverage industry, and web technology all talking (very candidly) about the problem of obesity in America during DTC [...]

Scary Graphic of the Day: Obesity in the US
April 20, 2010 – 9:19 am | 9 Comments
Scary Graphic of the Day: Obesity in the US

From “Too fat to fight,” a report released today by Mission: Readiness, a group led by retired military leaders and advocating “smart investments in the upcoming generation of American children.”  Mission:Readiness is holding a press conference this afternoon to discuss that “75% of young Americans are ineligible to serve their country because they have either [...]