Tag Archives: Obesity
How Small Steps in Our Diet Can Reap Real Rewards
Pin ItThere is no question that the food we eat and the things we drink impact how much we weigh and how healthy we are. While most of us know this, the choices we make every day would indicate otherwise. … Continue reading
Filling Your Plate with Healthy Foods May Actually Save You Money
Pin ItLast summer, the USDA launched My Plate, a new set of nutritional guidelines aimed at reversing the upward trend in obesity amongst American children, teens, and adults. Replacing the food pyramid formerly used to help explain what we should … Continue reading
Obesity Epidemic: Supermarkets are Making it Easier to Eat Healthy
Pin It All you need to do is turn on the news to hear about the obesity epidemic in our country. The national statistics are staggering and it isn’t just our children that are in danger. In 2010, the CDC found … Continue reading
Reversing the Obesity Trend
A recent study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may provide the definitive answer to that question and help turn the tide in the battle over the bulge.
Is Our Food Too Good?
Arizona Farm Bureau, through its Fill Your Plate program, strives to highlight America’s fascination with food. The organization is finding that the public’s fascination with farmers and ranchers extends beyond the farm gate. Views on the Fill Your Plate web site tell the story.