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Fill Your Plate’s Collection of Weight Loss Articles
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Many, if not most of us, tend to compare ourselves to others who we believe are “naturally”…
Ketogenic Diet and Obesity
By recent ASU nutrition student Alysia Nelson Part of an ongoing series of articles on the Ketogenic Diet There is an epidemic across…
The Connection Between Childhood Obesity and Chronic Diseases
By Jessica Bombase, Recent ASU Nutrition Student 1 in 5 “school-aged” children are obese, according to the CDC. This statistic really scares me. This is…
Can Eating Possibly Lead to a Breakthrough for Obesity and Eating Behaviors?
By Jessica Bombase, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student First off, for clarification lets break down some keywords that we will encounter in this article…
Can Prunes Help Whittle Your Waistline?
[caption id="attachment_10978" align="alignright" width="300"] Prunes are a healthy addition to many recipes to help whittle your waistline away. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If most of us…
4 Things You Can Do This Month to Fight Childhood Obesity
[caption id="attachment_9658" align="alignright" width="300"] According to the CDC, 11% of Arizona high school age adolescents are obese. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] There is no question that…
How Small Steps in Our Diet Can Reap Real Rewards
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Follow these tips to eat your way to better health.[/caption] There is no question that the food we eat and the…
Filling Your Plate with Healthy Foods May Actually Save You Money
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Fresh vegetables are important components of a healthy diet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Last summer, the USDA launched My Plate, a new…
Obesity Epidemic: Supermarkets are Making it Easier to Eat Healthy
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…
Reversing the Obesity Trend
You can’t turn on the news or open your favorite news website without hearing about the alarming obesity rate in America’s children and adults. Many theories exist…
Is Our Food Too Good?
By Lynne Finnerty, American Farm Bureau Federation with Contributions by Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_1318″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Isn’t our obesity epidemic more about…
Why is America Fat? Art and Science Both Offer Clues
By Tracy Taylor Grondine A recent effort by scholars to uncover the origins of America’s obesity problem turned up some interesting findings. Their research, while…
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