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Causes of Childhood Obesity in the United States by Steve Laux
By jsnaric at April 27, 2012 | 2:12 pm | 0 Comment
In the United States, the rate of obesity for all age groups has risen sharply over the past 30 years. Children and adolescents are among those with the greatest increases in obesity rates. During that time period, the percentage of obese children ages 6 to 11 has nearly tripled and for those 12 to 19 years of age the percentage has more than tripled, with both age groups more...
What Makes Us FAT?
By jsnaric at March 20, 2011 | 3:30 pm | 0 Comment
What Makes Us FAT? By Nurse Kimberly Hickman This morning while I was having coffee and breakfast I read at article titled “The Moments That Make Us Fat” on CNN. The article highlighted the “Top 5 Moments” that make most people fat, which were: 1.) Vacations 2.) Watching Television 3.) Break Ups 4.) Buffets/Restaurants with large portions 5.) And more...
Helping Families Get Healthy Tip #4 (video)
By khickman at February 23, 2011 | 1:32 am | 1 Comments
Helping Families Get Healthy Tip #4 By Nurse Kimberly var playerhost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://myfamilyplate.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/secure/" : "http://myfamilyplate.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/player/"); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + playerhost + "flv/54E0496E-F1E4-909C-5AE6B2DF936AA016.js' more...
Helping Families Get Healthy Tip #3 (video)
By khickman at February 23, 2011 | 12:01 am | 2 Comments
Helping Families Get Healthy Tip #3 By Nurse Kimberly Tip #3 - Stop Eating Fast Food // The tip I am about to give you is something almost everyone has heard of before. We'll just get right to it. Helping families get healthy Tip #3 is "Stop eating FAST FOOD". When I say stop eating fast food I am not just referring to the drive thru McDonalds and Burger Kings more...
What Is Sleep Apnea And Who Gets It?
By khickman at February 14, 2011 | 11:56 am | 0 Comment
What is Sleep Apnea? By Nurse Kimberly Today I was prompted to learn more about the disorder known as sleep apnea after I read an alarming article on CNN. The picture under the headline in the article showed a little boy sleeping on his side surrounded by chocolate candies. He was overweight. The point of the picture, as I took it, was to bring awareness that overweight more...
