Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, Cancer, Diabetes, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, Food, Health, healthy choices, healthy eating, heart disease, Hypertension, Life, nutrition, Overweight, weight loss on August 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Greece tops fat league as diet of the Med decays
John Hooper in Rome
The Guardian
Wednesday July 30 2008
Greece, the nation that gave rise to the idea of well-formed muscular men in the name of Adonis, now has the highest prevalence of obesity in the EU, according to a report issued yesterday.
“Greece today is the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, greenhouse-gas, health-policy, healthy choices, healthy eating, lifestyle, nutrition, obesity, Overweight, transport, weight loss on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Michael Kahn, Reuters:
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Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and a literally swelling global population will make this source of greenhouse emissions worse, say UK researchers.
Dr Phil Edwards and Dr Ian Roberts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine argue their point in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, Health, healthy choices, healthy eating, lifestyle, nutrition, Overweight, police, weight loss on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAPD has hired Rana Parker, a dietician, as a a full-time diet coach for the increasingly pudgy police force
Here’s what we probably want from our police officers:
Skinny cop Takedown
(Lean, polite, but can be real mean).
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Appetite, Belly fat, calories, cardiovascular risk, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, Food, Health, healthy choices, healthy eating, height, Hypertension, Life, nutrition, Overweight, short, waist, weight loss on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A very simple pair of measurements gives a good indicator of potential for cardiovascular disease risk.
If your height is less than two times your waist measurement then you are significantly more likely (up to 11 times more likely) to have a higher cardiovascular disease risk than those people whose height is more than twice [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, diet, dieting, fast food, fitness, healthy choices, healthy eating, nutrition, weight loss on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sure enough. Chris says it about as straight as anyone can.
Check out his blog on fat people.
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