Lately, it seems like there are only two things in the news: health care and obesity. Clearly, these are not unrelated (obesity costs this nation $147 billion a year in health care costs), but now that health care reform has passed (yay! and btw, there's surprising good news in that bill!), let's move on to the problem of obesity, a topic which is littering the media lately.
The problem of childhood obesity has become Michelle Obama's primary cause these days. Last week, she spoke to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (and the GMA responded), and she wrote a cover story for Newsweek, which was accompanied in the magazine by articles on the culture of corpulence, a discussion regarding how doctors might help patients control their weight, and photos highlighting the problem.
Jamie Oliver is also making this issue into his life's work. He's taking on the obesity of the entire town of Huntington, WV in his new show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (I'm so excited about this program, I'm actually going to watch reality television this year!). (UPDATE: not everyone is a fan.)
This is all for good reason. Americans, and alarmingly, our children in particular, are fatter than ever (and, wow! even Jesus is supersizing his meal)! Something needs to happen -- and it needs to happen soon, or we are going to lose a whole generation of people to obesity-related illness.
If you know of anyone who is trying to fight the power -- via portion control or other means -- here are a few foods that will help stop the overeating (and, as always, try to shy away from the animal fats).
We're just getting started on this. Further updates as events warrant...
UPDATE: check this out!
The problem of childhood obesity has become Michelle Obama's primary cause these days. Last week, she spoke to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (and the GMA responded), and she wrote a cover story for Newsweek, which was accompanied in the magazine by articles on the culture of corpulence, a discussion regarding how doctors might help patients control their weight, and photos highlighting the problem.
Jamie Oliver is also making this issue into his life's work. He's taking on the obesity of the entire town of Huntington, WV in his new show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (I'm so excited about this program, I'm actually going to watch reality television this year!). (UPDATE: not everyone is a fan.)
This is all for good reason. Americans, and alarmingly, our children in particular, are fatter than ever (and, wow! even Jesus is supersizing his meal)! Something needs to happen -- and it needs to happen soon, or we are going to lose a whole generation of people to obesity-related illness.
If you know of anyone who is trying to fight the power -- via portion control or other means -- here are a few foods that will help stop the overeating (and, as always, try to shy away from the animal fats).
We're just getting started on this. Further updates as events warrant...
UPDATE: check this out!
